The complainant and the accused persons were having adjacent agricultural land. There was a dispute between the complainant and the respondent in respect of common pathway as well as the boundary demarcating their respective lands. On 8-8-1998, the complainant and the respondents / original accused had called upon respectable persons from the village for setting the dispute regarding the pathway in Survey No. 21 of village Chabhara. After the meeting was convened, the complainant had removed the thorny fencing fixed by the accused persons for opening the pathway. It is alleged that the present respondents / original accused being annoyed with the action of the complainant, had initiated an altercation. They had abused and raised quarrel with the complainant party. The verbal altercation between both the groups had become violent. It is alleged that the present respondents / original accused had pelted stones towards the complainant party. It prima facie appears that members of both the groups were injured. The complainant as well as the respondents / original accused had filed cross complaints in respect of the same incident. On the basis of the report of the complainant Sadashiv s/o. Vishwanath Chabharkar, Crime No. 51/1998 was registered at Mantha Police Station, against the respondents / original accused for the offences punishable under Sections 143, 147, 148, 149, 324, 337, 323 of the Indian Penal Code, and Section 135 of the Bombay Police Act. After completion of investigation, charge sheet was filed and the case was registered as Regular Criminal Case No. 169/1998. The prosecution examined as many as 11 witnesses to bring home the guilt of the accused.
