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11. Further, he has deposed that, thereafter he was receiving reports from the neighbours about the way in which his daughter was being treated in the house of the accused; it was made known to him about the ill-treatment meted out to his daughter by these accused, in her matrimonial house; his daughter was bearing such ill- treatment stoically and had not told him anything directly. Further he has deposed that when he came to Bidar along with his wife and son and when he was residing in his house behind the house of the accused and secured the presence of the accused to know the reasons for all that ill- treatment, at that time, his daughter/victim came and informed all the ill-treatment meted-out to her by these accused; he asked Accused No.3 being the eldest member of the family to resolve the dispute, if any, but, the accused charged his daughter as insane; he(PW1) tried to bring them round and also promised to pay cash amount in days to come and asked them not to make that an issue for ill- treating his daughter; accused promised to look after his daughter well; thereafter he did not receive any information of ill-treatment of his daughter for about a couple of months or so; but, subsequently on 13-2-2005 at about 5.00 p.m. or so, while he was at Nanded, he received a phone message from his daughter Abhilash Kaur and it was received by his wife; his daughter informed about the inhuman treatment given to her while she was attending the 25th annual wedding day celebration of the elder sister of accused no.1, which was celebrated at Hyderabad, where every member of the family of the accused abused his daughter as coming from the beggar's family and even she was assaulted by them; accused No.1 assaulted his daughter even in the bus while returning to Bidar from Hyderabad; his daughter also apprehended that her life is in danger and she called upon to take her back and she expressed that she does not know as to what is going to happen and asked them to do something and they in turn told her that they are visiting Bidar on the next morning as there was no bus at that time.

13. The mother of the victim who is examined as PW-2 has also deposed corroborating the evidence of PW-1 on all material aspects. Though the said two witnesses are cross-examined at length, nothing is elicited to dis-believe the said consistent evidence of PWs-1 and 2.

14. The prosecution has also examined said Billu, who informed PW-1 over phone with regard to shifting of the victim to Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad as PW-8. He has deposed that his house is by the side of the house where accused are residing; he took the victim to the Govt. Hospital, Bidar and then to Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad, having come to know about the incident that Abhilash Kaur suffered from burn injuries; several people had already assembled there; when he entered the house of accused no.1, he noticed Abhilash Kaur with burn injuries; fire was already extinguished, they shifted the victim in the ambulance to Govt. Hospital, Bidar and thereafter to Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad; he travelled in the Ambulance and Narendra Singh was with him; both of them were seated in the cabin of the ambulance; few persons were there by the side of the victim; he does not know their names; one among them was their nursing staff by name Swamy. Further he has deposed that he had telephoned PW-1 Amar Singh and informed the incident and about shifting of the victim to the said hospital and asked them to come to Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad; the victim had suffered 90% burn injuries; she was conscious during the journey. Once the parents came there to the hospital, himself, Narendra Singh returned to Bidar in the same Ambulance which was being driven by one Rajappa PW-9.

15. Further he has deposed that it was Dr.Narendra Singh, who admitted Abhilash Kaur both at Bidar hospital and also at Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad. Further, he has deposed about the ill-treatment meted out to Abhilash Kaur.

16. The driver of the ambulance PW-9 has also deposed with regard to the shifting of the victim in that manner.

17. The said Doctor who got admitted the victim to both the hospitals is examined as PW-7. PW-7 has deposed that he is the private medical officer working as Dental Surgeon at Bidar; he is born and brought up at Bidar; he is residing in a separate block by the side of the building, where the accused are residing; Abhilash Kaur died of burn injuries and on account of the incident which took place on 13-2-2005, after 4-days of she suffering burn injuries. Further, with regard to the incident, he has deposed that on that day, at about 5-00 or 5-30 p.m., when he was in his house, he overheard the out-cries of a lady coming from the building particularly from the house of accused no.1, like any other neighbour he went to that house in the first floor of that building; inside that house, he saw Abhilash Kaur being under fire, by that time, he entered the house, couple of persons in the immediate neighborhood were already there; they were pouring water to extinguish the fire, they also used shawls and the fire was put-off; they secured the Ambulance and rushed her to Govt. Hospital, Bidar; himself and another PW-8 Billu accompanied victim in the ambulance to the hospital; few others were also there in the Ambulance; the victim had suffered 80% burn injuries; first aid was given to her at Govt. Hospital; on being directed by the doctors at that hospital, they shifted the victim to Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad in the same Ambulance; he accompanied her in that Ambulance along with others; they left Bidar by 7-00 p.m. or 7-30 p.m. and reached Hyderabad at 10-00 or 10- 30 p.m; they got her admitted in the hospital and Doctors took charge of the victim and attended to her medical needs; he was present only till the arrival of the parents of victim and subsequently left Hyderabad and returned to Bidar. Thus the said witness states only about shifting the victim to the hospital and getting her admitted to Osmania Hospital, Hyderabad. Neither this witness nor Billu PW-8 stated anything about the cause of the burns.

27. PW4 has deposed that in pursuance of the requisition received from the police by the AEE, PWD, on being directed by the said AEE, he who was at the relevant time working as Junior Engineer, PWD, Bidar went to the scene of offence situated at Gurudwara, Bidar and drew the sketch as per Ex.P.3(a); the scene of offence is situated at the first floor of the building and it is house no.9; that spot is shown in red ink in Ex.P.3; the hall measures 3.6 x 5 mtrs and bed room measures 3.6 x 3.5 mtrs, a part of the bed room space was also used as kitchen. Further, he has deposed that in that building there are 7 such houses in the ground floor and similar such houses were there in the first floor also.