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8. Aditya Gupta (PW-2) in his testimony during the course of trial of Afzal stated that on 14th February 2005, he was residing at House No.152, Sector-7, Pushp Vihar, New Delhi. On that day, at about 8:00 PM, he was present at his house with his mother and sister. At that time he was 13/14 years of age, was studying in 7th Standard and was in the process of leaving the house for taking tuition along with his bag. When he opened the door the person standing outside pushed him inside and forcibly came inside the house with 3 other persons. One of the assailants put a pistol on his head and closed the door of the house from inside. His mother Jyoti Gupta was pushed inside the room on knife point and the hands of his sister were tied with her chunni. The assailants demanded the money and valuables from them however they replied saying that they did not have money or valuables. On this the assailants started abusing his father and asserted that they were aware of as to how much money was there with them. The assailants threatened to kill them and due to the threat his mother Jyoti Gupta handed over the key of the almirah to them. They took out the stuff from the almirah, but could not find anything however some of the articles i.e. a packet having cash of ₹10 lakhs and his mother's kangan fell down. They took the money and put it in a bag and the gold kangan alongwith silver idols which were in the small temple in the house were also taken. The articles robbed by the assailants were put in his school bag. They also snapped wire of the landline telephone. One of the assailants was searching the other room and they also took away a briefcase which was lying in the other room. The assailants were talking amongst themselves that 'hamara kaam ho gaya hai, ab inko maar dete hain' but he along with his mother and sister prayed for mercy and not to kill them. He further added that after the assailants left, his mother made a call to his father from the other landline, which was not tampered by the assailants. In the end of September, 2014, he visited the Crime Branch, Chanakyapuri in order to know the status of the robbery case, where he found the appellant in the police station. He identified him in Court as the same person who had put him on gun point while robbery was being committed by his other 3 associates. In his cross examination, he denied the suggestion that he had gone to the police station on being called by the Investigating Officer after the arrest of Afzal @ Ajmal. He stated that he visited the police station in September, 2014 in order to find out the developments in the present case.