JUDGMENT

1. This is indeed a very unfortunate case.

2. On 15th January, Gurnam Singh (PW.3), a resident of House No. 1 in village Kishangarh in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, had gone to meet a servant of one Milkha Singh for some personal work. As he reached the house of Pritam Singh, he found a woman standing outside shouting "killed them-killed them". PW.3, Gurnam Singh, also heard the voice of a screaming child from inside the house of Pritam Singh. PW.3 forced open the door and saw the accused/Appellant Kamleshwar Paswan beating his three children with a wooden stick and Yashoda, the daughter of the Appellant, lying on one side with serious injuries. He also noticed that the Appellant's sons Sunil Paswan and Suraj Paswan (aged one and three years respectively) had also suffered injuries and were unconscious. Gurnam Singh PW accompanied by Sunaina (DW.2), the wife of the accused/Appellant, took the children to Sharma Clinic in village Kishangarh. The Doctor told them that as the children were in a serious condition they should be taken to the PGI, Chandigarh. In the meantime a vehicle from the Police Control Room reached Sharma Clinic and PW.3 and DW.2 along with the three in