(1.) Heard Sri P.Prabhakar Rao, the Counsel representing appellant- accused and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor.
(2.) This appeal is preferred by the appellant-accused being aggrieved of the conviction and sentence imposed on him to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a period of ten years and to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/- and in default of payment of fine to undergo simple imprisonment for six months by judgment dated 4.11.1997 in Sessions Case No.68 of 1997.
(3.) Sri P.Prabhakar Rao, learned Counsel representing the appellant-accused made the following submissions: