He was doing fruit business at Medchal.
Accused abjured guilt and demanded trial.
On that, the accused brought a pestle and murdered the deceased by hitting the same on her head and laid the body on the road in front of his house, cleaned the blood stains in the room and tried to obliterate the scientific evidence so as to throw the suspicion on other persons.
Reference was also made to the evidence of PW5 relating to certain recoveries by PW.
After scrutinizing the entire material on record and after hearing the learned companynsel on both sides, the learned District Judge found the accused guilty of the offence punishable under Section 302 IPC, companyvicted and sentenced him to suffer imprisonment for life.
1 and 10 who spoke to have seen the deceased last in the companypany of the appellant.
Suspecting the fidelity of the deceased, the accused used to pick up quarrels with her, as a result of which, he separated and took another portion at Medchal.
No.117 of 2001 of Medchel Police Station was registered for the offence under Section 302 IPC and after companypletion of investigation, charge sheet was filed.
On 3.6.2001 at about 9.00 A.M. the accused went to the house of deceased and invited her to house to companysume toddy and both of them went to the toddy shop of PW 2, purchased two bottle of toddy and brought the same to his house in a tumbler and both of them companysumed toddy.
On the report given by P.W.1, a case in Cr.
While companysuming toddy, the accused picked up quarrel with the deceased on the ground of her chastity.
While so, the accused hatched up a plan to liquidate the deceased.
During that period, he developed illegal intimacy with the deceased and both were living together and her sons were living separately.
Ten years back, his younger brother Mallaiah died.
After demise of Mallaiah, his wife Yellamma hereinafter referred to as the deceased , along with her two sons took shelter at the house of the accused.
The Trial Court placed reliance on the evidence of PWs.
The prosecution examined 10 witnesses, and marked Exs P 1 to P 21 and Mos 1 to 5.
As a companysequence of which the deceased grew wild and abused him by denying the allegations of illegal companytacts with others.
Background facts in a nutshell are as follows The accused Munigadapa Meenaiah is native of Thimmapuram, Bommalaramaram of Nalgonda District.
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment of the Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court upholding the companyviction recorded by III Additional District and Sessions Judge, Ranga Reddy District, holding the appellant guilty for the offence punishable under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 in short IPC and sentencing him imprisonment for life.
