6. Briefly stated, the prosecution case is that on 06.08.2013, on the basis of a written complaint submitted by complainant-Mahendra Singh, an FIR bearing Crime No. 334/2013 was registered at Police Station Chakradhar Nagar, Raigarh, stating that on the date of incident at about 5:30 p.m., near the Kotarliya Building behind the Railway Station, the complainant Mahendra Singh was returning from the Railway Station bringing a cow on the occasion of the Hareli festival, when near the Railway Station building on the down side of the Railway Station, the accused persons started abusing him with filthy words and obscene abuses relating to mother and sister. When he objected to the same, the accused persons threatened to kill him, and accused Rajkumar Sahu assaulted him on the head with an axe causing injuries. The other accused persons assisted him in the assault. Hearing the commotion, his grandsons, Mani, Sunny, Rahul, and Shivshankar Chauhan intervened to rescue him. On the basis of the said report of the complainant, the offence was registered and the matter was taken up for investigation. During investigation, injured Mahendra Singh was medically examined. The axe and sticks used in the incident were seized from the accused persons. Statements of witnesses were recorded as per their versions, and the accused persons were arrested. After completion of all necessary formalities, and upon finding prima facie commission of the aforesaid offences by the accused persons, the charge-sheet was presented for trial before the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Raigarh, which was registered as Criminal Case No. 393/2013. Later, it
