came at his house and began to fire and were saying that Ram Kishore Rai is to be murdered. After hearing the same, he hide himself. Then thereafter, accused persons came over his roof through a jeep which was parked in front of his darwaja and then, got down inside the house. Then thereafter, the accused persons took away the boxes. The accused persons also gone to the houses of Hawaldar Rai, Chandeshwar Rai, Nand Kishore Pandey, Tarkeshwar Singh, Daroga Singh, Shivji Rai and Arun Rai one by one in order to search him out and as they failed to locate him, they also committed loot at the respective houses. Accused persons began to fire while they were returning as a result of which Janak Rai, Vijai Rai and Ramnath Rai sustained injuries. After departure of the accused persons, he had gone to his house where women of the house had disclosed that the accused persons took away Rs. 20,000/- in cash, ornaments and cloths. Then, motive has been assigned as during course of Mukhiya election, Asharfi Rai was insisting upon to help, which was declined by him. He had filed written report before the police (exhibited). During crossexamination, he had stated that when accused persons came at this house, he hide himself by the side of Darwaja. Whole occurrence was committed within half an hour. None of the villagers came. When the accused persons gone away after committing loot, then he had seen the injuries over the person of Janak Rai, Vijay Rai and Ramnath Rai,
