committed inside the house of Vijay Pal Singh (PW-1). The testimony of the injured witness Raju corroborates the prosecution case who has clearly said that he had been assaulted twice by the appellant. PW-1 in his chief, though has claimed himself to be eye witness of the occurrence, however, in his cross, he has again said that the incident took place inside his house and he did not see Santram talking to Raju or abusing or threatening him rather when he came out, he only saw Santram running after stabbing Raju. Thus, PW-1 though has not seen the appellant stabbing Raju, however, he saw him running after stabbing Raju. PW-1 has corroborated the testimony of PW-2. Likewise PW-3 Kanwar Pal, in the examination-in-chief, has claimed himself to be the eye witness, however, in the cross he has stated that he did not see Santram stabbing Raju rather he has stated that after hearing alarm when he came out, Santram was gone. He has stated that he has not seen Santram stabbing Raju, thus, PW-3 is also not the eye witness of the incident, however, he was very much present in the house and had heard the alarm and when he came out, he saw that Raju has held his stomach and there were two wounds of knife on his stomach and thus his presence cannot be doubtful. PW-3 has supported the prosecution version.
