Islamuddin were sleeping in his house, at about 12.30 in the night, his brother Irfan/convict closed the door from outside and set the room on fire from inside with some inflammable substance. Due to which, they suffered severe burn injuries. The neighbours evacuated them from the room after a long time, and admitted them in the Pooja Hospital, Najibabad. They were referred to the RML Hospital from there for treatment. This statement was given by the deceased Irshad. Paper No. 13, filed in the case, was in his handwriting and signature. He had obtained thumb marks of Irshad, which was identified by him. It was marked as Ex. Ka-2. Irshad died on 09.08.2014 at 07.30 pm. The dead body was sent to the Lady Hardinge Hospital for postmortem on 10.08.2014. After the postmortem, the body was handed over to his relatives Sadaqat and Shahnawaz after proper identification. The deceased Naushad died on 18.08.2014 at 08.40 am. His postmortem was conducted on the same day and dead body was handed over to his relative. He had also recorded the statement of the deceased Islamuddin. He had stated that the convict had closed the door from outside and set the room on fire from inside with some inflammable substance, due to which, he, his uncles Irshad and Naushad got burnt. The neighbours saved them on hearing their cries. PW-5 recorded the statement of the deceased on 07.08.2014, which was filed in case file and under his handwriting and signature. The same was marked as Ex. Ka-5. Islamuddin died on 18.08.2014 at 09.15 pm. His postmortem was conducted on 19.08.2014. Dead bodies of all the three were handed over to Shahnawaz and Sadaqat, after postmortem. 31. In his cross-examination he stated that he had not investigated this case. Neither any officer of Delhi Police nor U.P. Police deputed him to investigate this case. He had recorded the statements of the deceased Irshad and Islamuddin on 07.08.2014. He had recorded the statements of both in 15