Pardeep Nandrajog, J.

1. March 08, 2008 was a day of joy in the life of Ajay Maan. It was the day of his engagement. Ruby daughter of Nawal Singh Shokeen was the maiden. The venue for the function was Carnival Farm House, Alipur. Invitation cards were distributed to the guests. The celebrations started around 5.30 P.M. and continued late night. Ajay’s joy turned into sorrow when he received a gunshot injury on his chest at the parking of the venue at around 11.30 P.M. He died within minutes as a result of the injury suffered by him. The post mortem report Ex.PW-26/A authored by Dr. Munish Wadhawan records that there was a :-

‘Oval lacerated penetrating wound 10 x 7 cm with blackening, tattooing around the wound in left side of chest 13 cm below left clevical and 5 cm from mid line of chest. Margins were irregular and ragged.’

2. On exploration it was found that the 4th to the 7th ribs of the left side were shattered completely underneath the wound with bruising, cherry red discolouration, extravasation of blood and blood clots in surrounding tissues were to be seen. Lower lobe of left lung and apex of the heart were completely lacerated and ruptured. Multiple pellets were r