Appeal (DB) No. 219/1992 and Criminal Appeal (DB) No. 271/1992 Criminal Appeal No. 1031/2015 and others Page 3 of 26belonged to Simaltalla. The house was partially occupied by the deceased, her husband and her brother-in-law and the remaining portion was rented out and tenants were residing in those portions. 5. As per the prosecution case, on 30.08.1985 at about 10:00 PM, PW18 was sitting outside the house on a rickshaw along with one Doman Tenti, Daso Mistry and Soordas, and Neelam was sleeping inside the house. Her husband, Ashok Kumar, had gone to his native place Ghogsha. Suddenly, the seven accused persons, including the appellants before us, came from north direction along with 15 other unknown assailants. Accused Vijay Singh/A-6 caught hold of the informant/PW18 and as soon as he raised alarm and started shouting, two unknown persons pointed out pistols towards him and directed him to maintain silence. Thereafter, the accused persons who had caught the informant, assaulted him