Virendra (PW-1) lodged a written report (Ex.P/1) to the SHO, Peepalkhunt, District Pratapgarh on 07.12.2011 at 09.15 pm. alleging inter alia that his elder brother Baneshwar had entered into a naata with a woman named Asha wife of Sattu resident of Lank Tukda, P.S. Deogarh. The jhagda money traditionally required to be paid in lieu of the naata relationship was due. For claiming this amount, Sattu often used to visit the complainant’s house with his companions and would quarrel with them. On the previous day i.e. 06.12.2011, at about 12 o’ clock, Sattu came to the informant’s house with 2-3 other persons and went back after hurling insinuations and a threat that if the Jhagda money was not paid, they would be killed. In the morning at about 8 o’ clock, the informant alongwith his father Narayan and brother Kailash were at their house when Sattu came there with three more persons having lathis and axes in their hands and exhorted that Narayan’s son had brought a woman of their family in naata and thus, the complainant’s family party would not be left alive. Saying so, Sattu gave an axe blow on the head of the informant’s father Narayan and the others started beating him by sticks. The informant’s brothers Vijaypal and Kailash intervened on which, they too were beaten. Because of the injuries received in the assault, the informant’s father fell down unconscious whereafter, the assailants ran away. Shri Narayan was taken to the hospital on
