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(6) Interception of telephonic conversation between the swami and Jagdish, and other conversation, leading to recovery of letter from Rama Bajaj, the arrest of swami, his disclosure statement, leading to recovery of the murder weapon, and jewellery looted from the premises, on the date of incident, and the subsequent arrest of other co-accused, including Savita.
8. The trial court convicted the four appellants, holding that the prosecution was able to prove all the circumstances, which pointed to their guilt and involvement in the murder of the Crl.A.Nos. 786, 795, 919, 926/2001 Page 5 deceased. It was held that Savita's conduct and role in successfully ensuring that the previous attempt at the life of the deceased, which occurred on 15.11.1994, stood established. It also found that the version given by Savita about the manner in which the incident took place, when allegedly the assailants entered the first floor, of the premises, started to rob jewellery, and upon being challenged by Manoj, when one of them sought to molest her, by raining knife blows on him, was falsified by the circumstantial evidence. In this regard, the trial court took into consideration the evidence such as to say that the couple had a strained marital relationship, the nature of injuries which led to the death of Manoj, the fact that there was no forcible entry into the house at 1:30 AM, in the morning, the statements of PW-15 about how the outside door was unlocked, the telephonic conversations which the swami had, leading to recovery of a letter, PW-37/R, the interrogation and detention of swami, the disclosure statement made by him, leading to recovery of jewellery articles, their identification by PW-3 (Manoj's father), the arrest and disclosure statements of Ravi Chauhan and Ashutosh, all proved the circumstances conclusively and unerringly to the guilt of the four appellants. The trial court accordingly recorded their conviction under Section 302 read with Section 34, and also recorded the acquittal of Ravi Chauhan, in respect of the charge under Section 307 IPC. It convicted Savita under Section 203 IPC, and acquitted the accused charged for the offence under Section 404, IPC.