When PWs.
P 1 and P 27 and M.Os 1 to 6.
Makkalla Ankulu and Mekala Krishnavenamma PW4 came out their house and numbericed the incident.
By that time Gopisetty Nagamani PW6 had reached there.
P 13 to P 16 photographs of the deceased were taken.
Dr. K.P. Rao PW10 , Medical Officer companyducted autopsy over the dead body and issued Ex.
511 of 1997.
On 10.1.1994, at about 10.A.M. while the deceased, her father Durbhakula Venkateswarlu PW1 , her brother, Durbhakula Ramu PW2 and her sister, Durbhakula Kumari PW3 were talking in their house, the accused came there, abused the deceased in filthy language and questioned the deceased as to why she returned to her fathers house without informing him and why she gave information to the Railway police about his movements.
On the strength of Ex.
Accused challenged the companyviction and sentence by filing an appeal before the High Court which was numbered as Criminal Appeal No.
No.1/94 for alleged companymission of offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C. was registered by T. Murli Krishna, SI PW11 and K. Suba Rao PW12 took up investigation, visited the scene of offence, prepared Ex.
Initially by order dated 30.4.1998 a Division Bench of the High Court allowed the Appeal.
P 8 panchanama, in the presence of C.K. Reddy PW7 and others.
Since the order passed by the High Court was practically unreasoned, without expressing any opinion on merits, the judgment was set aside and the matter was remitted to the High Court for fresh disposal.
The accused was sentenced to undergo imprisonment for life.
To prove its case, the prosecution in all, examined 12 witnesses, namely PWs.
1 to 12 and marked Exs.
The background facts, as projected by prosecution during trial in a nutshell are as follows Durbhakula Lakshmi hereinafter referred to as the deceased was living with the appellant hereinafter referred to as the accused since about 15 years and gave birth to two children.
D 1 and D 2 are the companytradictions marked in Section 16 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in short the Code statement of PW 6.
Challenge in this Appeal is to the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court upholding the companyviction of the appellant for an offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in short the IPC .
P 17 Post Mortem Certificate.
P 1 report given by PW1, i.e. Crl.
After companypletion of trial and after hearing both sides and on companysidering the material available on record, the learned Sessions Judge found the accused guilty for the offence under Section 302 I.P.C., and accordingly companyvicted and sentenced him to undergo imprisonment for life.
1 to 3 came to her rescue, the accused fled away from the scene of offence pushing and threatening them with dire companysequences.
Arising Out of S.L.P. Crl.
The trial companyrt framed a charge against the accused for companymission of offence punishable under Section 302 I.P.C., to which the accused pleaded number guilty and claimed to be tried.
Mothati Setharavamma and Mekala Venkaiah, who were the immediate neighbours of PW 1 numbericed the accused fleeing away from the scene of offence.
The High Court by the impugned judgment dismissed the appeal companyfirming the order of the companyviction and sentence passed by learned Session Judge, Guntur.
The respondent State filed an appeal before this Court.
The accused who was found lodged in Adoni Sub Jail in another case was produced before the trial Court.
2787 of 2005 ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Leave granted.
P 20 rough sketch of the scene, prepared Ex P 7 observation report and companyducted inquest over the dead body of the deceased under Ex.
2 and 3 and also a pair of hawai chappals M.O. 1 from the scene of offence.
The trial companyrt had found the appellant guilty of murdering his wife on 10.1.1994.
P 9 to P 12 are the companyresponding negatives.
During inquest, Exs.
PW 12 also seized blood stained earth and companytrol earth Os.
As numbered above, an appeal was filed before the High Court questioning companyrectness of the judgment of the trial companyrt.
He grew wild, caught hold of her hair and stabbed with a knife causing multiple injuries.
