CRLA/181/2017 of VANTHALA LAKSHMANA, VISAKHAPATNAM, AP., Vs THE STATE OF AP., REP PP.,

APHC010310312017 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3528] (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SURESH REDDY THE HONOURABLE SMT JUSTICE V.SUJATHA CRIMINAL APPEAL NO: 181/2017 Between: Vanthala Lakshmana, Visakhapatnam, A.P. ...APPELLANT AND The State of A.P., Rep. by its Public Prosecutor ...RESPONDENT Counsel for the Appellant: 1. SUREPALLI MADHAVA RAO 2. LEGAL AID 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.53/2015 on the file of learned XII Additional District & Sessions Judge, Visakhapatnam is the appellant. He was tried and convicted by the learned Additional Sessions Judge under Section 302 IPC and sentenced to suffer Imprisonment for LIFE and also to pay a fine of 2 Rs.1,000/-, in default to undergo Simple Imprisonment for a period of three months. 2. The case of the prosecution, in brief, is as under: One Pangi Ramanna (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) was a resident of Vanabasingi Village, Vishakapatnam District. The accused and material prosecuti