According to him, accused Nos. 1, 2 and 3 used to beat
his mother Sindhu as well as accused No.4 only used to
abuse her. He has testified to the effect that, on the
day of the incident there was quarrel in their house.
The accused had quarreled with his mother. Earlier,
there was quarrel between accused Nos. 1 and 2 over a
bullock, as a result of which deceased Sindhu asked
accused No.1 that they should return to Bombay, which
enraged the accused No.1 and he beat her. Thereafter
the witness and accused No.4 went to their land for
agricultural activities. This is the only evidence
which is available in order to show the proximity of the
quarrel to the act committed by deceased i.e. suicide.
However, in our considered view, the quarrel, according
to son Krishnath, ensued not due to the reasons of any
demands nor due to any other aspect but only when Sindhu
asked accused No.1 that they should return to Bombay
from Kanher-khed. In our view, the testimony of son
Krishnath assumes importance for more than one reason.
Firstly, it must be noted that he had no enmity against
the accused persons as he is testifying against his
father as well as other family members on one hand and
had suffered loss due to death of his mother. Inspite
fo this aspect, he had candidly stated the real reason
of the quarrel between his father and mother. This, in
