ORDER :

1. Six persons were implicated in a trial for murder of one Govind Reddy. A complaint to this effect was lodged with the Koramangala Police Station by Srinivasa @ Raja (PW-1) on 12.04.1999 at about 10 P.M. stating that the Accused No. 1 (who is the appellant before us in this appeal) had stabbed Govind Reddy with knife (M.O.7) after 8.30 p.m. between 9.15 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. FIR to this effect was registered. In his later statements, PW-1 named Accused Nos. 2 to 6 also, who are the relatives of the appellant. The matter was investigated into and ultimately charge sheet was filed for offences punishable under Sections 143, 144, 145, 147, 148 and 302 read with Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against all the six accused persons.

2. Eight witnesses were examined by the prosecution. PW-1 and PW-2 (Prakash) claimed that they were the eye witnesses to the incident. PW-3 and PW-4 were Panch witnesses to the alleged recovery of the weapon. PW-5 was the junior engineer who had prepared the sketch by visiting along with the police team to the place of occurrence where dead body of the deceased was found and recovered. PW-6 is the wife of the deceased. She is not an eye-witness