Upon registration of the FIR, the police came to the site and with the help of the villagers, pulled out the two dead bodies of parents of the appellant from the well. An inquest was prepared and their bodies were thereafter sent for post-mortem. The deceased Bodha Devi had suffered seven injuries all over her body including a fatal wound on the back of the chest extending up to the neck measuring 48 cm. The cause of death was recorded as due to the fracture in the vertebra and injury to the spinal cord. The post-mortem of the deceased Mohan Ram disclosed as many as sixteen injuries which included eleven lacerated wounds and the cause of death was reported as death due to injuries to spine and spinal cord. The Investigating Officer recovered blood soaked gamcha (scarf) belonging to accused Pratap, licensed SBBL gun with two live cartridges. From the place of occurrence, the Investigating Officer also recovered three empty shell casings of 12 bore, 1 live 12 bore cartridge, cardboard and plastic rods, tikli and other remnants of spent cartridges, apart from other standard recoveries. The recovered articles were sent to the forensic laboratory and as per the report one out of the three cartridges has been found to have been fired from the seized licensed SBBL gun. The FSL report further confirmed that in the barrel of the seized SBBL gun, there was residue of firing. Further, the presence of lead and nitrate clearly indicated that the gun had been recently used. After completing the investigation charge sheet was submitted. The Magistrate concerned took cognizance and thereafter committed the case to the Sessions Court for trial. The charges were read out to the four accused who denied the same and claimed to be tried. The prosecution examined the informant appellant as PW 1 and the other eye-witness Ram Dular as PW 2 and also filed the relevant documents. Counsel for the defence on 28.04.2005 admitted the genuineness of the prosecution documents and dispensed with its formal proof. The Public Prosecutor had filed an application under section 311 of the Code.