slept in one room. Islamuddin slept in the room on the floor on a mattress. When Irshad went to sleep outside the room on the roof, the convict asked Irshad to sleep inside the room as the weather outside was bad. Irshad also slept by the side of Islamuddin in the room. Islamuddin, Irshad and Naushad slept together in one room. The door of that room was open. PW2 and his sister Soni slept in the adjoining room. At about 12.30 in the night, they saw smoke and flames coming out from the room, in which all the three deceased were sleeping. Then, he saw that the convict had poured some highly inflammable substance in the room in which Islamuddin, Irshad and Naushad were sleeping and set it on fire. The convict ran away after closing the door of the room from outside. All the three were severely burnt. All the three injured died at the RML Hospital. When the convict had solemnised second marriage, the same was opposed by Islamuddin. The convict at that point of time had beaten Islamuddin and had threatened that he would expel him from the house. 28. Soni (PW-4) was examined as an eye-witness to the incident. She deposed that the convict was her real brother. She was present at her house on 05.08.2014. She herself had prepared the meal in the evening on that day. Her brothers, the convict, Naushad and Irshad and her nephew Islamuddin were present on the second floor of her house. All of them had meal together. After taking meal, Naushad and Islamuddin went to sleep in the adjoining room and Irshad was sleeping on a cot outside the room. The convict asked Irshad to sleep inside the room, as the weather outside was bad. Irshad also slept by the side of Islamuddin in the room. They shut the door of the room from inside. The convict shut the door of the room from outside. Then cries “bachao-bachao” came from the room and flames of fire were seen inside the room. When she opened the room, she saw that the convict was running towards the stairs. Amzad and Shafiq saw the 13