( 1 ) THE prosecution case is that on June 4,1984 at about 1. 15 p. m. Subhash, Ravinder Kumar @ Ravi, Satish, Mohan and Rajesh Gupta holding istols in their hands entered the premises of the State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, New Rohtak Road, Delhi. They asked the employees and the persons present in the Bank to raise their hands. They also enquired as to who was the Manager and the Cashier of the Bank. One of the employees answered to say that Shri K. L. Batra was the Manager and Shri V. K. Marwaha was the Accountant. After collecting the Bank employees and the customers near the strong room of the Bank, they demanded the keys of the strong room from Shri K. L. Batra and Shri V. K. Marwaha, but they refused to hand over the same. Since they did not accede to their request, they were hit in their abdomens by the butts of the pistols. Shri Marwaha was made to take out the key from a locker. They also asked him as to where was the other key of the strong room as the same had a double locking system. Some one told them that the key was with Shri V. D. Sethi, Head Cashier. Thereafter three dacoits came to his cabin and asked for the key. At that point of time Shri Se