according to the prosecution, husband of Bhagyawanti lived in Bombay and she lived with her children and aged mother-in-law Pyari Bai at Bali town. About one and a quarter years before the incident, respondent Iqbal started a video parlour in the name and style “ Rubi Coffee House ” adjacent to the house of Bhagyawanti. The roof of the house of Bhagyawanti can be easily accessed from the roof of the coffee house. The municipality building is also near the house of Bhagyawanti. It is further case of the prosecution that after starting the video parlour, respondent Iqbal started impressing Bhagyawanti and used to visit her house often. People of the neighborhood had seen many times both Iqbal and Bhagyawanti talking and laughing outside the house and on the terrace. When Bhagyawanti used to come to watch the film in the video parlour of Iqbal, she was not even charged for the ticket. When the servant of the video parlour used to leave the parlour after night show, Iqbal used to sleep in the coffee house at night. Gradually Iqbal, allegedly had developed illicit relation with co-accused Bhagyawanti and that is why both Iqbal and Bhagyawanti together murdered Pyari Bai. On the date of death of her mother-in-law, people did not see Bhagyawanti even crying or grieving.
