Sahu is an eyewitness of incident, who has stated that he followed deceased Ashu to the spot and saw that appellant Sanjay took Bhupendra to side. Another appellant Ravi Netam and appellant Chatur Dhruv both took Aashu with them. Then he saw that appellant Ravi caught hold of Aashu and appellant Chatur Dhruv stabbed him on his chest twice. Ravi Netam also caught hold of Sonu, brother of deceased Aashu, who was also stabbed with knife by appellant Chatur Dhruv. During this incident, remaining appellants namely-Baldev @ Balbhadra, Chandan @ Chandramani, Sanjay Dhruv fled from the spot on their motorcycle leaving behind appellant-Chatur Dhruv and Ravi Netam. In cross-examination, he has denied all adverse suggestions. He was confronted with his previous statement Ex.D-1, according to which, his statement before the Court regarding active participation of appellant Ravi Netam in catching hold of the deceased first and then catching hold of Sonu appears to be an improved statement, therefore, this statement cannot be held believable and acceptable. Sunil Sahni PW-3 has not stated anything specifically regarding participation of other appellants excepting the appellant Chatur Dhruv. The prosecutor had put specific asked leading question to him, that he saw Chatur Dhruv and others who had inflicted knife injury on Aashu Dhruv, deceased, on which the witness has replied that Chatur Dhruv had inflicted knife injury on the deceased.
