9.(PW.1) – Tanaji Kamble has narrated the background of
the case before the Court. According to him, at the time of Ganapati
Festival a quarrel had taken place between the family of the accused
and the deceased. That, on one occasion Nishant Kamble i.e. the
accused no.1 had attempted to misbehave with Pradnya the
daughter of the deceased Vishwas. Accused no.2 Nandu was given a
warning by Pradnya and her father. Accused no.2 had threatened
them a dire consequence. That, on 24th October 2012 the mother of
PW.1, the deceased Vishwas and others were watching T.V. at the
house of Sadashiv Kamble therefore, he had been to the house of
Sadashiv to call his mother for dinner at about 9.00 p.m. On their
way, they were obstructed by Nandu who was armed with knife and
stick. Upon seeing this Nishant rushed out of the house with a stick
in his hand and inflicted a blow with the stick on the head of
Vishwas, due to which he felled down Nandu and Rahul followed
Nishant and once again assaulted Vishwas with the stick with which
they were armed. Tanaji, their neighbour tried to rescue them. He
was also assaulted. PW.1 was then assaulted with fists and kick
blows. The accused then fled from the spot.
