CRLA/1058/2017 of NAYAKULA EERANNA @ N.KAMBAIAH, ANANTAPURAM DT., Vs STATE OF AP., REP BY PP.,

APHC010490442017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3517] (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE T.C.D.SEKHAR CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 1058/2017 Between: Nayakula Eeranna @ N.Kambaiah, Anantapuram District ...APPELLANT AND State of A.P., Rep. by its Public Prosecutor ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant: 1. SESHADRI GOALLA Counsel for the Respondent: 1. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy) Sole accused in S.C.No.542/2014 on the file of learned Sessions Judge, Ananthapuramu, filed the present appeal. He was tried and convicted by the learned Sessions Judge under Section 302 IPC and was sentenced to suffer Imprisonment for ‘LIFE’ and also to pay a fine of Rs.500/-, in default to suffer Simple Imprisonment for a period of one month. 2 2. Gravamen of the charge is that on 19.04.2014 at about 04.00 P.M., during election procession, the accused beat one Nayakula Thippeswamy (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) with a drum (Thappeta) on his head causing severe bleedi