‘I cannot say whether Kartick used to assault Hema or not’. PW4 is a neighbour of PW1 and a post occurrence witness. She heard a hue and cry and came out. She saw that the surrounding area was stained with blood. Upon inquiry, the appellant’s son told her that the appellant had ‘cut’ the victim. She also saw bleeding injury on PWs1 and 3. She informed the matter to the police over phone. Before police could arrive, PWs1 and 3 went to hospital in a jeep. The appellant’s son further told her that his father sat on the chest of his mother and assaulted her with a dao. When they went near the place of the occurrence, the appellant threatened them with assault. By then the police arrive and arrested the appellant. She was a witnessed to the seizure of chappal, handle of the dao, newspaper stained with blood, blood-stained bed sheet, pillow and other articles. She identified the materials exhibits like the chappal, bed sheet, carpet, a pillow, an empty bottle, an empty glass, a blanket, broken pieces of mobile phone a blood-stained newspaper and the handle of dao as seized by the police. In her cross, she stated that her house was by the side of PW1 mother’s house. She did not tell the police about the statement made by the appellant’s son. PW5 was brother of PW2 and a neighbour. He was both a pre-occurrence witness and a post-occurrence witness in respect of the said incident. He deposed that on the fateful night between 9:00 to 9:30 P.M.
