(informant), who is father of the deceased, he states that at 2 am on 23.06.1986 while he and his family members were sleeping on the terrace of their house, they heard appellant Raghunandan Yadav abusing them and shouting that the informant’s buffalo has become loose and has trespassed into his private land adjacent to the house. Thereafter, all the persons came down. Informant asked his son Jai Prakash Yadav to fetch buffalo, upon which he went and brought the buffalo and tied it with the peg. When this was being done, all the six accused persons variously armed with rifle and gun, with the exception of Bijendra Yadav, who had a gun in his hand and Pramod Yadav, who had a khanti in his hand, came and started abusing the informant and his family members. They protested, upon which appellant Sunaina Yadav is said to have ordered to kill, whereupon appellants Yugal Yadav and Ramdeo Yadav caught hold of Jai Prakash Yadav and appellant Raghunandan Yadav shot at him in his chest, as a result of which Jai Prakash Yadav fell down. He further states that apart from his family members, Ganesh and one Chhote had also seen the occurrence. Jai Prakash Yadav, who dropped to the ground, was then put on a cot to be taken for treatment, but he was found dead. In paragraph 12 of his cross-examination, he admits that his son, deceased Jai Prakash Yadav, was involved in several cases of theft and dacoity. There had been orders passed under Anti Gunda Act
