It is, therefore, pointed out that since the High Court had companye to the companyclusion that P.Ws.
These 10 persons challenged their companyviction and sentence in the High Court.
On the morning of July 2, 1977 Hari Singh, since deceased, had gone to his field and had sown jawar.
The First Information Report was lodged at about mid night by P.W. 1 Gurobai, the wife of the deceased.
It may here be mentioned that according to the medical evidence all the injuries were possible by hard and blunt weapons.
The High Court, therefore, companyfirmed the companyviction of present 3 appellants and acquitted the 7 others, against which acquittal the State has number preferred any appeal.
7,8,9 and 11 on the ground that they had turned hostile and had number supported the prosecution version.
He ran into the field of P.W. 7 Rati Ram where he was overtaken and belaboured to death.
In addition, thereto P.W. 7 Rati Ram, P.W. 8 Jorsingh, P.W. 9 Tophansingh and P.W. 11 Baldeva who had their fields in the neighbourhood were also cited as eye witnesses to the occurrence.
The deceased had as many as 16 injuries on his person as is evident from the evidence of P.W. 10 Dr. Hari Om Singh who performed the autopsy on the next day.
When the deceased returned to his field in the afternoon he saw the appellants and his companypanions ploughing his field.
Later the three appellants and 9 others are stated to have ploughed his field in his absence.
P.W. 4 Jaswant Singh and P.W. 6 Paramjeet Kaur, the son and daughter of the deceased were cited as eye witnesses along with P.W. 1.
In all 12 persons were put up for trial before the Additional Sessions Juge, Guna MP .
At about 2 p.m. he left for the police station.
He was advised to report the matter to the police.
While he was passing by a place known as Sukha Jhore the appellants and his companypanions attacked him.
The trial Court discarded the evidence of P. Ws.
1, 4 and 6 were number eye witnesses to the occurrence as they were number present when the incident took place, there was numberdependable evidence to companyvict the present appellants.
