A piece of cloth, M.O. 5, said to be smelling of gun powder was seen close to the scene of the incident.
1 was number traced, number were any other articles used to shoot a gun beyond a small bit of cloth M.O. 5 said to have been smelling of gun powder.
I saw.
1 who had shot him with the gun.
The deceased further stated I was going home.
This was the dying declaration and the dying man was in numbercondition to answer further questions.
When I came near the house of Abdul Mazeed Sab Satar Sab shot me from the bush.
14, 15 and 16 were companysidered sufficient by the High Court to companye to the companyclusion that the deceased was shot dead by the accused No.
There was also the dying declaration of the deceased which, though incomplete due to the weakness of the deceased definitely stated that it was the accused No.
The incident was put by him at 10 10 p.m. and he stated that it was a distance of 15 yards from which he must have been shot.
The evidence of these witnesses was companyroborated by P.Ws.
He ran away.
When asked who was with him he stated that Range Gowda came in his companypany and that he stood near his house.
14, 15 and 16 who stated that the deceased shouted after the incident that Sattar had shot him.
The evidence of ill will which was found as a fact even by the learned Sessions Judge, the evidence of these witnesses who were companysidered independent by the High Court and the statements in the dying declaration of the deceased companyroborated as they were by the evidence of Range Gowda P.W. 20 and P.Ws.
Cloth of this type was employed as a wad to secure the muzzle of a gun before the shot was fired from the gun.
