immediately after the incident, some cattle of the accused had entered the field of PW1-Nagorao on 01.08.98. PW1 told accused No. 1-Sitaram to prevent such entry. The accused Sitaram, his son Apparao, Namdeo and one Mahadu on the same evening at 7:00 p.m. came in front of house of PW1 Nagorao and abused him as 'egk&;k, ekaX;k] /ksMxs gks rqeph vkeps leksjs vSir dk; vkgs'- The FIR shows that, PW1 Nagnath belongs to Bouddha-Mahar whereas; the accused belong to Dhangar community. After abusing to PW1-Nagorao in such manner, all the accused assaulted PW1 Nagorao by axe and sticks. Accused No. 3 gave axe blow on his skull. When brother Nivrutti intervened accused no. 1 Sitaram and accused no. 4 Namdeo assaulted him with stick and Sitaram inflicted axe blow on his skull. On hearing the shouts, PW1 Nagorao's wife - PW2 Padmini and daughter Sunita rushed to the spot but all the accused assaulted them as well by means of stick. The witnesses were rescued by Datta Kadam and Sheshabai. Accordingly FIR was lodged and crime was registered at C.R. No. 179/98 at 11:45 at Police Station, Gangakhed. Earlier to it, the injured witnesses were referred to Rural Hospital at Gangakhed where they were examined and treated. After carrying out the investigation, the charge-sheet was submitted in the court. The ld.
