and a victim of the crime and his statement recorded is that he and his younger brother had been receiving threats from appellant no. 1-Lakhbir Singh, who had divided the land of his share. On 19.07.1999, he alongwith his father-in-law Swaran Singh had gone to the tubewell in the fields at 5.00 a.m. where the younger brother Gurpreet Singh had gone a day earlier in the evening for watering. There, they had noticed the appellants inflicting sword and kappa blows on Gupreet Singh and they had come back to the house in the village out of fear. The said appellants had followed them and inflicted injuries upon the person of Jagmohan Singh, which had led to the amputation of his left arm below the wrist joint and several blows were also given upon him in the presence of his father-in-law and his mother. He was thereafter taken to Civil Hospital, Sirsa where, his statement Ex.PG had been recorded by District Inspector-Banarsi Singh at 2.30 p.m, who had reached there on receiving V.T. message. Same was converted into the FIR Ex. PM at 3.05 p.m. and special report was sent and received by the Magistrate at 4.30 p.m. The said statement Ex.PG was recorded on an application Ex.PA/4 by S.I. Rajinder Singh after obtaining opinion from the Medical Officer regarding the condition of the injured Jagmohan Singh at 12.40 p.m. (Ex.PA/3). The site of occurrence in the fields was visited by Banarsi Singh (PW-13) and he conducted the inquest proceedings (Ex.PL) and sent the dead body of Gupreet Singh to the Civil Hospital for autopsy and lifted one mattress stained in blood, dari, takia, kassi and stick similarly stained and seized them vide memo Ex.PO and prepared rough site plan Ex.PP. Thereafter, rough site plan Ex.PQ of the occurrence which had taken place in the residential house of Jagmohan Singh was prepared and one cot stained with blood, takia and one piece of cloth stained with blood Ex.PH was taken in possession. Clothes of the injured were also taken in possession vide Ex.PR and on 25.07.1999, he arrested the appellants and on disclosure statement Ex.PS/2, the sword was taken in custody vide memo Ex.PS/1, which he had hidden in the kotha of turi (wheatchaff). The rough site plan was Gupta Shivani 2013.08.07 12:00 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document High Court Chandigarh
