CRLA/468/2017 of MADALA VENKATESHWARLU, NELLORE DT., Vs THE STATE OF AP., REP PP AND ANR.,

APHC010279242017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3476] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF JANUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 468/2017 Between: Madala Venkateshwarlu, Nellore Dt., ...APPELLANT AND The State of A.P., rep. by its P.P. and another ...RESPONDENT(S) Counsel for the Appellant: 1. J C FRANCIS Counsel for the Respondent(S): 1. T NAGARJUNA REDDY 2. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (AP) The Court made the following: JUDGMENT: (Per Hon’ble Sri Justice K.Suresh Reddy) Questioning the judgment of the acquittal dated 20.10.2016 passed by the learned IV Additional District & Sessions Judge, Nellore in S.C.No.141/2015, the de facto complainant / PW.1 filed the present appeal. 2. The 2nd respondent herein was tried by the learned Additional Sessions Judge under Section 302 IPC. 2 3. Substance of the charge is that at about 8.00 A.M. on 02.09.2013, the 2nd respondent / accused beat his mother by name Madala Adivamma (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) with a pestle on her head in front of his house situated at Parareddyp