2002 at about 5 p.m. at Shindewadi. At that time, Shantabai, wife of the deceased had been to her parental house, which is in village Aalabadevi about 1 ½ to 2 kilometers away from Shindewadi. The deceased and his two sons namely Ashok and Santosh finished ploughing operations at about 4 p.m. and had their meals. Thereafter, deceased milched his buffalo and came out of the cattle shed. Suddenly, the accused no.1 came there and threw chilly powder in the eyes of the deceased. Accused nos. 2 to 4, who were armed with sticks, started assaulting the deceased with sticks. The deceased sustained several injuries all over his body. The accused then dragged the deceased to nearby gooseberry(Avala) tree and tied him to the tree and ran away. Santosh and Ashok, sons of the deceased witnessed this incident. When they tried to intervene, they were threatened by the accused. Then, both the sons of the deceased rushed to village Aalabadevi and informed their mother. When all the three came to the spot and saw the deceased in the same position, i.e. tied to Avala tree, they untied him and put him on the ground and covered him with the blanket. The villagers also arrived at the scene of occurrence. From there the deceased was taken to Shiroli. Shantabai and her two sons did not accompany the deceased and instead, came to Aalabadevi to arrange for money believing that the medical treatment of the deceased would need the same. The villagers brought the deceased to Chandgad Police Station and after obtaining memo issued by P.S.O. Chandgad, brought him to the Rural-Hospital. While he was being treated, he succumbed to the injuries at about 12 mid night. Shantabai and her two sons reached Chandgad in the morning and saw the dead body and thereafter, first Information Report was lodged. On that basis Crime no.50 of 2002, under section 302 r/w 34 of I.P.C. was registered.