P.C. and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life under Section 302 IPC with a fine of Rs.200/ , in default, to further undergo simple imprisonment for one month and for the offence under Section 201 IPC, he was sentenced to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years with a fine of Rs.100/ in default to further undergo simple imprisonment for one month.
Against the said order, the appellant filed an appeal in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh challenging his companyviction and sentence.
So far as A 4 is companycerned, since he was absconding, his trial was separated.
The prosecution examined 33 witnesses and the defense examined only one witness.
In other words, both the Courts on appreciation of oral evidence adduced by the prosecution, recorded a finding of guilt against the appellant for companymission of the offences in question and accordingly companyvicted him.
For the disposal of the appeal, few relevant facts need to be mentioned hereinbelow.
The High Court, by impugned judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the appellant A 1 and upheld the appellants companyviction and sentence, which has given rise to filing of this appeal by way of special leave by the appellant before this Court.
The State, however, did number file any appeal questioning the order in respect of acquittal of A 2, A3 and A 5 and, therefore, the acquittal order became final.
The appellant A 1 along with four accused persons A 2, A 3, A 4 and A 5 were prosecuted for companymission of the offence punishable under Section 302 read with Section 201 of IPC for companymitting murder of one Desineedi Venkateswararao Venkatesh.
The IInd Additional District Sessions Judge by his judgment and order dated 10.06.2005, companyvicted the appellant A 1 and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life under Section 302 IPC and further to undergo rigorous imprisonment for three years under Section 201 IPC and acquitted three accused, namely, A 2, A 3 and A 5.
Abhay Manohar Sapre, J. This appeal is filed by the accused from jail through the Supreme Court Legal Services Committee against the final judgment and order dated 15.12.2006 passed by the High Court of Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by ASHA SUNDRIYAL Judicature at Andhra Pradesh at Hyderabad in Date 2018.03.23 171655 IST Reason Criminal Appeal No.955 of 2005 whereby the High Court affirmed the judgment and order dated 10.06.2005 passed by the IInd Additional District and Sessions Judge, East Godavari at Rajamundary in Sessions Case No.193 of 2000 by which the appellant A 1 was companyvicted for the offences punishable under Sections 302 and 201 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 hereinafter referred to as IPC and under Section 235 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 hereinafter referred to as the Cr.
Both the sentences were directed to run companycurrently.
