and out of fear she locked the main door of her house from inside. She further stated that at about 10.00 A.M., Narad Pandey, Suresh Pandey, Radha Kant Pandey, Birendra Pandey and Kedar Pandey came in her courtyard through a ladder fixed on her wall and opened her main door and, thereafter, Sri Kant Pandey, Shashi Kant Pandey, Ganesh Pandey, Gauri Pandey, Rama Pandey, Raghunath Pandey, Rajendra Pandey etc. having armed with Lathi, Bhala, Farsa and gun entered into her courtyard and ordered to kill her husband. Thereafter, Radha Kant Pandey, Narad Pandey and Virendra Pandey started assaulting her husband by their respective weapons such as Farsa, Bhala and gun, whereas the remaining accused-persons started assaulting her husband by means of Lathi. She was too assaulted by lathi and her son, namely, Chandra Bhushan Pandey (P.W.3), too, sustained injuries at the hands of the above stated named accused persons. The accused Birendra Pandey committed theft of ornaments and cash and the aforesaid persons set her house on fire. The aforesaid occurrence was witnessed by Sudama Dubey, Bhushan Tiwari, Madan Tiwari, Harendra Tiwari etc. Her husband died on the spot, but for her satisfaction, she took her husband to the Areraj hospital, but he was declared brought dead. The reason behind the alleged occurrence is said to be previous litigation.
