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29. In his cross-examination, this witness has deposed that he did not see the incident and further, he has denied from this suggestion of defense that no such incident had taken place and the accused persons have been falsely implicated in this case.

30. P.W.3 Lakhindra Munduiya has deposed in his examination-in-chief that the incident is of dated 26-08-2012. His brother Birendra Munduiya, who was B.L.W. in Kumardungi block, did not return to house on that day. On the next morning, the Tantnagar O.P. Police came and told him that one person has died in firing in Manjhari whereas one person was injured whose treatment was being done in Chaibasa Hospital. Thereafter, he came to the Sadar Hospital, Chaibasa and the injured Panchai Munduiya told him that the Sidiu Munda @ Bakra had shot bullet to Birendra Munduiya near the check dam of Delma village and the Bibhishan Raidas @ Jagdish had shot bullet to Panchai Munduiya by the pistol, kept in his waist and thereafter, they had thrown both of them into the check dam under this impression that they have died. When the Panchai Munduiya regained his consciousness, he found himself in water. He came from water and raised noise upon which the people of Dalima village came there and they took the Panchai Munduiya to hospital. The Birendra Munduiya was died at the place of occurrence itself.

44. On being further interrogated, he has stated that Birendra Munduiya has been also shot bullet and killed by his villagers and they have thrown him in check dam of Dadima village.

45. This witness has further deposed that seeing the serious condition of said person, he sent him to the Sadar Hospital along with A.S.I. Mahadev Dubey. Thereafter, he reached to the check 2026:JHHC:14703-DB dam, situated in the forest and hillocks outside the village of Dadima along with the armed forces and villagers and tried to search the dead body of deceased in the light of torch but the dead body could not be traced due to night. The A.S.I. Mahadev Dubey got admitted the injured Panchai Munduiya in Sadar Hospital and he returned from there. Thereafter, he returned to Dadima O.P. along with armed forces.

46. On 27-08-2012 at about 7 o' clock, he again proceeded for village Dadima along with constable Anil Kumar and reached there at 7.30 o'clock and along with the villagers, he went to the check dam situated in the east to the village near the Gaurburu hillock. He started search of the dead body of Birendra Munduiya with the help of villagers and after making a sincere search, the dead body of deceased was found in the western side of check dam at about 9.40 o' clock. He got the dead body out of pond and examined his body. He found that a bullet was trapped besides the left ear of deceased and there was an injury in the back side of his head of the size 1.5 inch.

50. This witness has identified the fardbeyan of informant Panchai Munduiya in the writing and signature of A.S.I. Mahendra Kumar and bearing the thumb impression of informant Panchai Munduiya and has further deposed that the endorsement on this fardbeyan is in his writing and signature 2026:JHHC:14703-DB and the second endorsement is in the writing and signature of Binod Oraon (Ext.6).

51. This witness has further deposed that in course of investigation, he had visited the place of occurrence and he has disclosed the details and boundaries of the place of occurrence also. This witness has further testified that he had recorded the statement of witnesses Moyka Sirka on the place of occurrence who had told him that he was going to his village from Tantnagar by his motorcycle and when he came in between the village Aangardiha and Dadima, he heard cry of someone from the side of check dam situated near the Gaurburu hillock and after hearing noise, several people of Dadima village also came there. They went towards check dam and found a person in the way going towards the village and crying. He was injured and there was bleeding from his ear and nose. They brought him to Dadima village and on being asked, the said person could hardly tell his name as Panchai Munduiya and he further told that he is resident of Hatnabera.