The respondent herein along with two others by name, Kalla and Nehru, on 5 1 76 helped the prisoners Jagdish Singh and Hotam Singh in escaping and thereafter all the above said persons including the two prisoners kidnapped the two police companystables Ram Chander PW 4 and Awsan Singh deceased hereir and that all the accused persons together murdered the police companystable Awsan Singh in the jungle and that the police companystable Ram Chander PW4 escaped and fled away.
It is stated that Hotam Singh was shot dead in an encounter subsequent to this occurrence and Kalla and Nehru have absconded and are still absconding.
Therefore, the trial went on as against Jagdish Singh who is number before us and Amar Singh, the respondent herein.
