expired about 1¼ years prior to the occurrence. My eldest sister was married for the last twelve years with Dev Chand @ Deba son of Munshi caste Balmiki resident of village Koalpur and she had three daughters. There was generally quarrel of my sister's husband with my sister Bholi for his drinking habit as my sister raise objection over his drinking and now my sister had come to us because of dispute with her husband. My sister's husband never give any money to my sister for running the house-hold expenditure and due to this, they have dispute. However, later on matter was settled and on 09.03.2009 Monday, I sent my sister along with her husband Dev Chand @ Deba to village Koalpur after settlement and he promised not to drink in future. On 10.03.2009, I and my younger brother Jasbir Singh @ Jassa gone to the village Koalpur to see our sister. The time was 9.00 pm. We were sitting in the house after taking the meal and at that time, my sister's husband Dev Chand @ Deba, who works of cutting woods, came to the house from the outside in a drunken condition. He had an axe in his hand. My sister Bholi said that he had come after drinking and my sister's husband Deba started abusing loudly and said that you defamed me. I would not spare you today and on my seeing, my sister's husband gave two axe blows on my sister Amarjit @ Bholi, which hit underneath the left ear upon the neck of my sister Bholi, who raised loud cries to save and I and my brother Jassa immediately came forward to stop him. My sister's husband Deba fled away from the spot along with axe. This incident was witnessed by me and my brother
