Gurdip Singh thereupon asked A 2 saying that they have created unhappy incident on the day of the marriages of his sisters for which A 2 retorted saying that they have already taught a lesson to his father.
The defence examined D.Ws.
Suba Singh went and informed Gurdip Singh about Piara Singh being injured.
then arranged a cart and took Piara Singh, P.W. 4 in an injured companydition to the hospital at Mannawala.
The other accused pleaded that they are innocent and they were number at the scene of occurrence.
A 1 retorted saying that his sons were in his own house.
One Piara Singh, P.W. 4 and A 1 were living in the adjoining houses.
The brides were sent off with the marriage parties at about 4 P.M. Thereafter the ladies in the house of P.W. 4 started singing and dancing as customary at about 9 P.M. At that time P.W. 4, his brothers Pritam Kaur, his wife and others were present in the house.
A 1, however, took the plea that on the alleged day of occurrence at about midnight, P.W. 3 armed with a dang and the deceased armed with a kirpan entered his house and started abusing him saying that his son Narinder Singh has caused injuries to Piara Singh, the father of the deceased.
P.W. 4 called A 1 and asked him to check his sons as the ladies of every house in the village have to be equally respected by all.
All of them were companyvicted by the trial companyrt under Sections 148, 449, 302, 302/149, 326 and 326/149 I.P.C. The appeals preferred by them were dismissed by the High Court.
At about 11.30 P.M., A 2 to A 5 who were present in the adjoining house of A 1 also sang a filthy folk song to the hearing of the ladies.
Then all the accused came inside the house of Piara Singh armed with sharp edged weapons scaling over the intervening wall and they inflicted some injuries and the deceased Gurdip Singh fell down and when P.W. 3 tried to intervene, he was also beaten up.
A 3 also inflicted some injuries.
A 4, Balkar Singh and his brother A 5, Avtar Singh are residents of Village Bhangwan and their father was the brother in law of A 1.
Likewise on Suba Singh, P.W. 3, the same doctor found an incised wound on the outer aspect of the right wrist.
Then about the second part of the occurrence, their evidence is to the effect that all the accused came and attacked P.W. 3 and the deceased in the first instance and then took the fallen deceased to their companypound and then again all the accused inflicted a number of injuries whereupon the deceased died instantaneously.
3, 4 and 5 who are the eye witnesses to prove its case.
P.W. 3, Suba Singh reached Police Station, Jandiala and gave an F.I.R. and the case was registered.
These appeals arise out of the judgment of the High Court of Punjab Haryana and they are filed by original accused number.
The evidence of P.Ws.
The plea of the accused was one of denial.
1 and 2 who spoke about certain aspects.
In respect of earlier incident the evidence of Piara Singh, P.W. 4 was companyroborated by other evidence.
1 to 5.
Dr. Paramjit Kaur P.W.I, who companyducted the post mortem on the dead body of Gurdip Singh, found as many as 24 incised injuries all over the body which were caused by sharp edged weapons.
Gurdip Singh accompanied by P.W. 3 came to his house at about 2 A.M. on the same night.
The prosecution case is as follows A 1, Shamsher Singh is the father of A 2, Narinder Singh and A 3 Palvinder Singh and they are residents of Village Balia Manjpur.
The Police Officer reached the place of occurrence, held the inquest over the dead body and sent the same for post mortem.
Dr. Satish Chander P.W. 2, who examined Piara Singh, found on him three incised wounds and an abrasion.
The prosecution relied on the evidence of P.Ws.
The accused were arrested and blood stained weapons were seized.
Simultaneously A 2 armed with a kirpan and A 3 armed with a spike dang scaled over the intervening wall which is just tour feet high and entered the house of P.W. 4 and A 2 inflicted a blow on the cheek of P.W. 4 with the kirpan.
3, 4 and 5 is to the effect that because A 2 and other accused sang filthy song, Piara Singh objected to the same and he was attacked by the accused who inflicted injuries on him.
They raised alarm and the accused left the place.
At that time P.W. 3, Suba Singh and others were present there.
Both the companyrts have discussed the evidence of these eye witnesses in detail and have accepted the same.
Thereupon they carried the fallen Gurdip Singh into their companypound and then all of them inflicted a number of injuries on him as a result of which he died.
The marriages of two daughters of Piara Singh, P.W. 4 were performed in his house on 9.12.1979.
According to him, P.W. 3 and deceased started inflicting injuries on him, his wife and his daughter and to defend themselves, he took up a kirpan and his wife took up a gandasi and both of them used the same in self defence and caused injuries to Suba Singh, P.W. 3 and Gurdip Singh deceased.
Gurdip Singh, the son of P.W. 4 was at that time at the bahak in the fields.
