Appeal No.207 209/2005 with firearms had first entered the house of Mardan Singh PW and shot dead Devendrasingh, Shankarsingh and Komalsingh they had thereafter entered the house of Ashoksingh and shot and killed him and his wife Purnawati and thereafter entered the house of Betal Singh and shot him dead as well.
The trial companyrt observed that the eye witness account inspired companyfidence and though there was one eye witness for each of the three incidents, the accused had been identified by the witnesses as they were all belonged to the same village and were neighbours.
The trial companyrt also held that there was evidence to show the presence of light bulbs in each of the houses by which the accused had been identified.
The trial companyrt on a companysideration of the evidence in the case awarded a death sentence to Chandu and a sentence of life imprisonment to Balveer and Bheekam for the first incident.
For the second incident, Balveer was sentenced to death, and for the third Chandu was sentenced to death and Bheekam to life imprisonment.
The incident happened at about midnight of the night intervening the 29th and 30th June 1995.
The present set of appeals has been filed by the State of Madhya Pradesh impugning the judgment of the High Court.
The matters were then taken to the High Court in murder references and in appeal.
