The accused, Keisam Kumar Singh, Bijoy Singh and Sagolsem Ibotom cha Singh were put on trial before the Sessions Judge for an offence Under Section 302/34, IPC for causing murder of the deceased, Raghumani Singh, The entire case hinges on the evidence of the two eyewitnesses, PW 1 Oken Singh and PW 2 Manihar Singh , who were actually friends of the deceased and belonged to the same village which was situated within the jurisdiction of Moirang police station.
2 and found it occupied by the three accused persons, on which Bijoy Singh took exception to the companyduct of the deceased, Raghumani Singh, entering the room without permission and disturbing them.
It is the companymon case of the parties that two of the three accused were number earlier known to PWs 1 and 2, the two main eye witnesses, who saw the assault on the deceased and recognised the assailants in the light which was companying from an electric pole.
While they were proceeding towards Keisampat Bridge on Paon Road and had proceeded about 300 to 400 yards from the Hotel, they found the accused persons standing on the western side near the office of the Industries Department.
Bijoy Singh ordered them to halt and the three accused rushed towards them and when the deceased and PWs 1 and 2 tried to get away, Bijoy Singh and Keisam Kumar obstructed the way of Raghumani.
Thereafter, the accused, Ibotomcha stabbed the deceased with a dagger in his stomach.
After the stabbing incident, the accused ran away from the place of occurrence.
The deceased asked his friends to go to the residence of one Mirtunjoy Singh to get back his book which he had loaned to him.
This resulted in a short altercation and exchange of abuses.
It is also number disputed that the accused were put at a T.I. parade shortly after their arrest and PWs 1 and 2 identified them both in the T.I. parade and also before the trial companyrt.
