prosecution, as many as 14 witnesses were examined, 13 documents and 10 material objects were marked. Out of the said witnesses, P.W.1, the Village Administrative Officer, has stated that on getting intimation from P.W.2, he went to the place of occurrence and after seeing the dead body, he went to the police station and made a complaint to the police. P.W.2 has stated that he knew the accused already. He has stated that at the time of occurrence, while the accused was passing urine near the compound wall of a school, the deceased came from his behind with an iron rod in his hand and attacked the deceased. In retaliation, the accused took out an aruval and cut the deceased. The deceased fell down in a pool of blood. The accused ran away from the scene of occurrence. Then he informed P.W.1 about the same. P.W.3 has stated that he was with P.W.2 at the time of occurrence. He has stated that two persons were near the school compound wall and they were engaged in a chatting at that time. He heard that there were people attacking each other. Since he did not say anything more against the accused incriminating, he was treated as hostile. P.W.4 has spoken about the arrest of the accused, the confession made and the recovery of material objects from his possession. P.W.5 is the mother of the deceased. She has stated that she heard about the occurrence and came to the hospital. P.W.6 has spoken about the post-mortem conducted and her final opinion. P.W.7, a Constable, has stated that he handed over the FIR to the learned Magistrate. P.W.8, a Police Constable, has stated that he handed over the material objects to the Forensic Science department, as directed by the investigating officer. P.W.9, Dr.Jaisingh, has stated that he examined the hyoid bone taken from the dead body and found that there was no fracture. P.W.10, a Constable, has stated that he handed over the dead body for post-mortem. P.W.11 has stated that he was also present at the time of occurrence. He has further stated that one person was passing urine, the other one attacked him with iron rod. Immediately, the person, who was passing urine, took out an 'aruval' and cut the other person. This witness has not stated anything incriminating against the accused. Therefore, he was treated as hostile. P.W.12, the Sub Inspector of Police, has spoken about the registration of the case. P.W.13 has spoken about the initial investigation done by him and P.W.14 has spoken about the investigation done and the final report filed by him.
