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According to this witness, on the day of occurrence namely, 14.2.1995, Sakil Parvez (P.W.4), younger brother of the deceased went to school at about 8 A.M. and at about 8.30 A.M., the other brother Samim Parvez (P.W.10) went to the medical college.

Thereafter, the accused and the deceased were alone in their room which was closed till 12 noon. Around that time, the deceased came out of the room went upstairs and thereafter went to her room. This witness, has stated that soon thereafter he went to the room of the deceased and saw her sleeping on the bed. The accused was sitting on the bed reading a magazine. On being offered snacks, he accepted the same. The deceased was still sleeping. At about 2.20 P.M., he saw the accused sitting in the drawing room and reading a newspaper and on being asked, the accused told him that the deceased was in the bathroom. Till about 3 P.M. the accused was reading the newspaper and on inquiry being made, the accused told this witness that the deceased was still in the bathroom. When P.W. 4 Sakil came back from school, this witness told him that the deceased has been in the bathroom for a long time whereupon Sakil knocked on the door of the bathroom and called the deceased by name but without any response. Growing suspicious he went to the backside and on climbing a pipe, this witness peeped through a gap in the wall and could see the deceased in a sitting position with head stooping down. She appeared to be dead. This was immediately reported to P.W. 4 Sakil. By that time this witness came down and reached the bed room, he saw Munni lying on bed. The accused was in the room standing. This witness has stated that he saw black marks on forehead, nose and ear and also saw marks like bite marks on the forearms of the deceased. In cross examination, this witness has stated that though he was examined by police on the day of occurrence itself, he did not report to the police about the injuries he saw on the dead body of the deceased. He also did not report about the injuries to P.W. 7, father of the deceased. This witness has categorically stated that he told the father of the deceased about the injuries only on their return from Bihar after the burial. This witness, in cross-examination, has stated that on 15.2.1995 at about 4 P.M. he along with the father of the deceased (P.W.7) and three brothers of the deceased as well as the accused left for Bihar in an ambulance. In Bihar when the deceased's mother, P.W. 9, asked him about the incident he did not report to her about the injury marks on the body of the deceased.

13. P.W.5 Jahida Khatun is a relation of the deceased. According to this witness, she went to the house of P.W.7 at about 4 P.M. on the day previous to the occurrence. When she reached the house she saw the deceased sitting and crying on the dinning table. On being asked about the reasons, the deceased, according to this witness, informed her that the accused was quarrelling with her and wanted a Maruti Car to be transferred in his name and money to buy a flat. On the day of occurrence at about 7.30 P.M. on coming to know of the incident, this witness went to the house of P.W.7 again. This witness has deposed that she noticed nail marks on the face of the deceased and bite marks on both wrists and injury marks on the waist. According to this witness, she also noticed a hanging mark on the front side of the neck. In cross-examination, this witness has stated that though she reported about the injuries she saw on the dead body to P.W. 7 after his return from Bihar after the burial, she had told about the injuries, to amongst others, P.W. 4 Samin Parvez on the very night of the occurrence. This witness has also deposed that on the previous day when she met the deceased she did not find injury marks on her body.

(5) Abrasion 1 cm x 5cm in size present at 1 cm below the lower jaw at 1.5 cm right to midline.

(6) Contusion 2cm x 1.5 cm in size present on lower border of lower jaw 4 cm left to midline.

(7) Bite mark oval in shape 3.5 cm x 2 cm size on back of left forearm 2 cm above wrist joint at middle.

(8) Bite mark oval in shape 4 cm x 3 cm in size on back of right forearm 1.5 cm above the wrist joint at middle.

(9) Abrasion 1.5 cm x .5 cm in size on the back of tight elbow joint on ulnar side, (10) Contusion 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm size on outer aspect of right arm 8 cm above lateral epicundile (on elbow).

(11) Contusion 2 cm x 1.5 cm in size on front of left leg just above the patella... at middle.

(12) Contusion 4 cm x 1.5 cm size on inner side of right knee joint 1 cm below the patella.

(13) Scratch abrasion 3 cm x 2 cm size on the outer aspect abrasion left wrist-joint 1 cm above the styloid process of left radius.

(14) Bite marks oval in shape 2 cm x 3 cm in size on outer aspect of right forearm 2 cm on above the styloid process of radius of right hand. All the contusions were red in colour.