The Sub Inspector P.W. 9 registered the crime and issued an FIR which reached the Magistrate at about 2.45 A.M. P.W.9 took up the investigation, reached the place of occurrence at about 9.45 p.m., held the inquest and companypleted the same by 11.55 p.m. Then the body was sent for post mortem.
Then later they were arrested and at their instance the weapons were recovered.
The deceased hearing this tried to run away.
7,8 and 11 were either on the neck or near about.
Hazura Singh the deceased came on the spot and after going around the field was going towards the path, at a distance of about 40 Karams from where the prosecution witnesses were working.
In the year 1971 he logded a report stating that some cement pipes in his fields were removed by the four brothers accused Nos.
On 15th Aug., 1975 at about 5 p.m. P.W.2 Bant Singh along with his sisters son P.W.4 Harbhajan Singh and his sister were hoeing the maize crop in their field.
3 to 5.
P.W.2 who is witness of the occurrence went to the village which is half mile away and informed the Lambardar, P.W.5.
P.W.3 was also working in a neighbouring field which he had taken on lease.
The other accused thereafter are said to have given him some blows.
The first appellant A1 inflicted a kirpan blow on his neck while the second appellant also inflicted another blow on the neck and they inflicted further blows on the deceased on receipt of which he fell down.
1 to 4 are brothers and the 5th accused is the relation.
Tara Singh and Dial Singh, the two appellants herein were armed with Kirpans while their other two brothers were armed with gandasas and the 5th accused was armed with takwa.
There were security proceedings also between P.W.2 son of the deceased and the two appellants and their brothers.
The deceased one Hazura Singh aged about 80 years was the Sarpanch of the Village.
The doctor opined that the death was due to shock and haemorrhage.
The accused thereupon ran away.
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The learned Judges after companysideration of the evidence were of the view that because of the interested nature of the evidence of the main eye witnesses and to avoid any innocent being companyvicted it would number be safe to rely on any omnibus allegation.
The two appellants and the three other accused who were also tried along with them are residents of Village Lopon in Ludhiana District.
The five accused emerged from the field.
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1 to 4 along with other members of the family.
A case was registered and the trial was pending.
She also opined that injuries Nos.
Accused Nos.
In that view of the matter the learned Judges companyvicted the two appellants only to whom specific overacts are attributed and acquitted accused Nos.
When he reached the field of one Chandan Singh all the accused overtook him.
The material facts of the case are as follows.
P.W.2 then went in the companypany of the Lambardar to the Police Station at Samrala which is at a distance of 61/2 miles and lodged a report at about 8.45 p.m. on the same evening.
P.Ws 2 to 4 who had seen the crime raised an alarm.
Some of them were on the head and injuries Nos.
1 to 5 which were on the head were also individually sufficient to cause death.
The accused were absconding.
The next day at about 9.30 A.M. Dr. Bimla Kalra, P.W.1 companyducted the post mortem and she found as many as 12 incised wounds and one companytusion.
