14 They were tried by the Trial Court in Sessions Trial No.234 of 2008 and Nos.235-239 of 2008 and No.504 of 2011. 15. The Prosecution examined fifteen witnesses and produced the relevant material in support of its case, while two witnesses were examined on behalf of the Defence. 16. The relevant portions from the testimony of some of the Prosecution witnesses were as under:- A. PW1 Kotwal Singh, brother in law of Smt. Nirdosh Devi, stated in his examination in chief:“My brother had become martyr in year 2005. His family consisted of wife Smt. Nirdosh Devi, daughter Ku. Poonam and sons viz. Ashish, Anshul and Ujjawal. In the night of 27/28.10.2008, murder of my sister-in-law Nirdosh Devi, niece Poonam and nephews Ashish and Anshul was committed by miscreants in their house only. Sister-in-law was murdered by slitting throat, while others were murdered by throttling (strangulating), younger nephew Ujjwal was throttled to death but survived. This incident came into knowledge when milkman arrived. I had also gone to the site of incident to see where all four dead-bodies were lying separately in different rooms. House-hold articles, box, Almirah and suitcase etc. were lying broken and its articles were scattered. Miscreants had looted cash and jewellery. The articles looted were in my knowledge and I had seen. I had submitted a written report of this incident to Police Station.”