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(g) The deceased had no issue. His wife had left him, probably, after legal proceeding. On his death, his property came to the informant's side. Further, the deceased was made accused in a murder case and suggestion was put to P.W.2 that he had evil eye on other persons' wife therefore his own wife had left him. All of which suggest that the deceased had several enemies. That apart, suggestion was given to P.W.2 and P.W.3 that they got him murdered to grab his property. Thus, there was strong motive for the informant side to spin a false story not only to save their own skin but also to implicate the appellants who were allegedly eyeing the land for which the informant side had been litigating.

Defence suggestion to PW2, inter-alia, was that the deceased was a person with criminal antecedents, had been involved in murder of Kajhanchi Kunbi; that he used to have evil eye on other women therefore his own wife had left him; and that he had an evil eye on the wife of PW3. It was also suggested that they (informant's side) had themselves finished him off in the night to grab his property as he had no other heir.

The suggestion that the informant side had planned his murder to grab his property was denied but the suggestion that the deceased was implicated in a murder case and that his wife had left him was not denied.