PRAKASH NISHAD @ KEWAT ZINAK NISHAD v. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [SANJAY KAROL, J.] 7. We now proceed to examine the prosecution case, as has unfurled through the testimonies of the prosecution witnesses. However, in the service of ease, the 13 prosecution witnesses given in a tabular form, which are categorised as follows: 1) 2) 3) 4) 159 A Testimony of the medical examiner, i.e., PW 4 – Dr. Anjali Pimple (Ext.27); B Testimonies of the independent witnesses, i.e., PW 1 – Mustakin Mohamad Ismail Shaikh, father (Ext.18), PW 2 – Rehanabano, mother (Ext.20) and PW 3 – Falim Ahmed Ibrahim Shaikh, uncle (Ext.21)(all being the relatives of the prosecutrix); C Testimonies of the Investigating Officer, i.e., PW 6 – SubInspector Suresh Ganpat Chillawar, 1st Investigating Officer (Ext.42 ), PW 11 – Ashok Sonar, Head Constable (Ext.56), PW 12 – A.P.I. Sudhir Shantaram, 2nd Investigating Officer (Ext.65) and PW 13 – Deputy Commissioner of Police Deepak Pundalik Devraj, 3rd Investigating Officer (Ext.67); and Testimonies of the witnesses to the recovery of incriminating articles, i.e., PW 5 – Bipin Sohanlal Bafna (Ext.34), PW 7 – Suresh Jagdish Khandelwal (Ext.46), PW 8 – Vishal Navin Chandra Saha (Ext.49), PW 9 – Vijay Sudama Soni (Ext.53) and PW 10 – Ramlakhan Jaiswal (Ext.54), who are panch witnesses. D E F G H