JUDGMENT Misra, J. -- I. The appellants have preferred the present appeal against the judgment dated 18.12.1997 of the M.P. High Court (Gwalior Bench) convicting them under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC. However, conviction and sentence of the accused Mohan Singh under Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959 by the trial Court was set aside. Earlier, the trial Court convicted Mohan Singh (Appellant 2) under Section 302 IPC and under Section 25/27 of the Arms Act and sentenced him to imprisonment for life and one year rigorous imprisonment, respectively and convicted and sentenced Ajay Singh,. Appellant 1, and Kailash, Appellant 2, under Sections 302/34 IPC to imprisonment for life. However, since Ajay Singh died during the pendency of the appeal, his appeal stood abated. 2. Admittedly, both the complainant and the accused persons are close relatives, as the deceased Bhagat Singh was the son of the complainant, Ram Singh (PW 1), who is the real brother of the aforesaid accused Ajay Singh. Both the present appellants, namely, Mohan Singh and Kailash are the sons of Ajay Singh. 3. In short, the prosecution case is that on 26.4.1980 at about 9 a.m., accused Mohan Singh had beaten Moti Chamar to which Veer Singh, son of Ram Singh objected and had enquired as to why he had beaten Moti Chamar. Thereafter, Mohan Singh stood up to beat him also. On the same evening, at about 4 p.m., accused Ajay Singh, Kailash Singh and one Daulat Singh went to Gajar on motorcycle and beat the mother of Veer Singh, his brother Gajendra and his sister Meena. Ajay Singh and Daulat Singh were standing there and were exhorting to kill. Ajay Singh had a pistol. On seeing this, they went out of the dalan. Veer Singh's mother and Gajendra Singh received injuries, Meena was slapped by Kailash. Veer Singh thereafter asked Kalua to sleep at the door and took his mother, brother and sister on a tractor to Vidisha. He disclosed this fact to Bhagat Singh who thereafter went to call his father Ram Singh from the Bazaar. Subsequently, Bhagat Singh and Ram Singh took a meal and went to Gajar on the motorcycle. They reached there at 10 p.m. On hearing the noise of the motorcycle, the accused Mohan Singh, Ajay Singh and Kailash came out of their house and went to the first floor. Subsequently, Bhagat Singh and Ram Singh took a meal and went to Gajar on the motorcycle. They reached there at 10 p.m. On hearing the noise of the motorcycle, the accused Mohan Singh, Ajay Singh and Kailash came out of their house and went to the first floor. Kalua, who was sleeping in the dalan also came out. Bhagat Singh on seeing the accused persons asked them as to why they were harassing him and beating their hali and mother. Being aggravated, all the three accused persons went to the second floor and from there to the roof of the third floor. It is alleged thereafter that Mohan Singh fired from his gun on Bhagat Singh thrice as a result of which he died on the spot. Thereafter Ram Singh, who was present there, went to the Chowkidar Bihari and told him about the occurrence. Subsequently, Bihari went to the spot and saw the body. He proceeded thereafter to the police station and lodged a report in the morning of 27.4 .1980 at about 7 a.m. The report was prepared by Ajit Kumar Patil, PW 11, who was then the Station-in-Charge, Vidisha, who in turn proceeded to the place of occurrence in Village Gajar. He prepared panchnama of the dead body and took into custody the pellets found near the dead body. Sample of bloodstained earth from there was also taken by him. He also prepared the site plan, Ex.P-2. All the three accused were arrested on the same day. During investigation, Mohan Singh disclosed about the 12 bore gun which he had kept inside his kotha, one empty cartridge near the gun and also two empty cartridges (Memo Ex. P-6). Mohan Singh took him to his house and got recovered this 12 bore double-barrelled gun made in Czechoslovakia. Empty cartridge of 12 bore gun and two 12 bore empty cartridges were also got recovered from the drain. The recovered gun is Article 2. 4. The accused persons denied the charges. They said that they have been falsely implicated on account of enmity as Ram Singh and Veer Singh wanted to take their property. 5. It is also not in dispute that the accused persons as well as the complainant lived in the same house, but separately. The recovered gun is Article 2. 4. The accused persons denied the charges. They said that they have been falsely implicated on account of enmity as Ram Singh and Veer Singh wanted to take their property. 5. It is also not in dispute that the accused persons as well as the complainant lived in the same house, but separately. Further, a year before the incident, there had been partition between the brothers including complainant Ram Singh and accused Ajay Singh, relating to their ancestral land. The following pedigree would reveal the relationship, inter se, between the accused and the complainant family which in turn will also reveal the motive of commission of the crime: (See on next page.) Ram Lal ________J_ _~----------_-_ 't -- - 1-- Ajay Singh (accused) Ram Singh (complainant's sons) Mohan Singh (accused) Pratap Singh I (adopted Veer Singh) Kailash (accused) Bhagat Singh (deceased in occurrence) Prahlad It Veer Singh Gaj endra Shambhoo (dead) I SaIju Bai (widow) Bhawani Kalyan _ (died Issueless; Gopal Singh Jaswant Singh (adopted Prahald) (adopted Gopal Singh) 6. The prosecution case is that the aforesaid Shambhoo Singh had died leaving his widow Sarju Bai, who had adopted Prahlad Singh, s/o Ram Singh, the complainant. Similarly, Veer Singh, PW 10, another son of the complainant was also adopted by another brother, Pratap Singh. The aforesaid six brothers, inter se, had about 1400-1450 bighas of land for which the aforesaid partition took place. The complainant alleged that the accused Ajay Singh had given 250 bighas of land to him and kept with him the rest of the land though he was only entitled to 700 bighas of land as Sarju Bai had adopted his son and she was living with him. In order to prove the motive of commission of the crime, the prosecution relied on the statement of Veer Singh, PW 10, who stated that he was taken in adoption by Pratap Singh. On the day of the incident, at 9 a.m., his servant Moti Chamar was beaten by accused Mohan Singh and was turned out. When he went to Mohan Singh and enquired from him as to why he had beaten Moti Chamar he stood up even to beat him. He further deposed that he heard the cries of his mother, Kala Bai, his brother Gajendra and sister Meena. When he went to Mohan Singh and enquired from him as to why he had beaten Moti Chamar he stood up even to beat him. He further deposed that he heard the cries of his mother, Kala Bai, his brother Gajendra and sister Meena. On the same evening, at about 4 p.m. when accused Ajay Singh, Kailash and Daulat Singh came on the motorcycle, he actually saw the accused Kailash, who was beating his mother, when Ajay Singh and Daulat Singh at that time were exhorting him to beat. Thereafter they went out. This background clearly expresses the grouse subsisting because of the partition, inter se, between the complainant and the accused, leaving them in tension in words and action. The day's incident at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. clearly expresses the outrage of the accused party. The prosecution case is that when Ram Singh (PW 1) and deceased Bhagat Singh reached below the house of the accused and complained about their behaviour, as aforesaid, it further aggravated the tenseness; and this background led to commission of the crime on the same day resulting into firing by accused Mohan Singh resulting in the death of Bhagat Singh. 7. In this case, there are two eyewitnesses. Ram Singh, PW 1, the father of the deceased, and Kalua, PW 3. 8. Learned Senior Counsel for the appellants, Shri U.R. Lalit, challenged the findings of the High Court and the trial Court, firstly, on the ground that since post-mortem report of Dr. G.P. Tamarkar, PW 4, shows blackening of the skin on each of the injuries recorded, it belies the prosecution case that the accused fired on the deceased Bhagat Singh from the roof of the third floor, Blackening means fired from a close range, not from the roof of the third floor Second, by recovery of two guns, one 12 bore on the pointing of Mohan Singh which is Article 2, another 12 bore gun, which turned out to be licensed in the name of Ram Singh recovered on the information of the complainant though from the dalan of the accused Ajay Singh, which is Article 1. The next point pressed was that there was not sufficient light when the incident is said to have taken place, viz., at 11 p.m., to recognise and confirm as to who among the aforesaid three accused fired which resulted •in the death of Bhagat Singh. The next point pressed was that there was not sufficient light when the incident is said to have taken place, viz., at 11 p.m., to recognise and confirm as to who among the aforesaid three accused fired which resulted •in the death of Bhagat Singh. Lastly, but feebly submitted that the FIR does not disclose the details of commission of the offence including the part played by each of the said three accused persons. This led into improvement and concoction of the prosecution story. 9. Learned counsel for the accused, Mr. Lalit, submitted with vehemence with reference to the first point that the alleged firing on the deceased Bhagat Singh by Mohan Singh from the roof of the third floor is in conflict with the post mortem injuries recorded by Dr. G.P. Tamarkar, PW 4. For ready reference, one of such recorded injury 1 is reproduced below: "Firearm wound placed over right side of chest (P. Tom) above (Rt) nipple, oval wound inverted edges size 1.25 cm x 1 cm, surrounding skin blackened, clotted blood was present around the wound. On exploration the .wound was going from right to left side' obliquely. There was rupture of intercostal muscle (Rt) side, pleura, right lung ruptured. The charra was stuck in thoracic wall left side finder the skin of the level of 6th rib in anterior axillary line producing an area of acheymas over skin where it was lodged." 10. The emphasis was, blackening of skin clearly indicates that the firing was from a very close range which contradicts the prosecution case that the firing by the accused Mohan Singh was from the roof of the third floor which could not be firing from a close range. He also referred to the deposition of the doctor, PW 4, that by blackening of skin, he meant deposition of the smoke. On the other hand, learned Senior Counsel, Mr. K.N. Shukla for the prosecution referred to the recording of the injury by the' same doctor in the same report through a diagram that the shape of the injury was oval which indicates that the injury must have been caused from a higher pedestal. On the other hand, learned Senior Counsel, Mr. K.N. Shukla for the prosecution referred to the recording of the injury by the' same doctor in the same report through a diagram that the shape of the injury was oval which indicates that the injury must have been caused from a higher pedestal. He submits that this corroborates with the prosecution story as the accused is said to have fired from the roof of the third floor, i.e., from a higher plane at the deceased Bhagat Singh who was standing down below on a chabutra on a lower plane and along with him was his father Ram Singh, PW 1. 11. The question is how to test the veracity of the prosecution story especially when it is with some variance with the medical evidence. Mere variance of the prosecution story with the medical evidence, in all cases, should not lead to the conclusion, inevitably to reject the prosecution story. Efforts should be made to find the truth, this is the very object for which courts are created. To search it out, the Courts have been removing the chaff from the grain. It has to disperse the suspicious cloud and dust out the smear of dust as all these things clog the very truth. So long as chaff, cloud and dust remain, the criminals are clothed with this protective layer to receive the benefit of doubt. So it is a solemn duty of the Courts, not to merely conclude and leave the case the moment suspicions are created. It is the onerous duty of the Court, within permissible limit, to find out the truth. It means on one hand, no innocent man should be punished but on the other hand, to see no person committing an offence should get scot-free. If in spite of such effort, suspicion is not dissolved, it remains writ at large, benefit of doubt has to be credited to the accused. For this, one has to comprehend the totality of the facts and the circumstances as spelled out through the evidence, depending on the facts of each case by testing the credibility of eyewitnesses including the medical evidence, of course, after excluding those parts of the evidence which are vague and uncertain. There is no mathematical formula through which the truthfulness of a prosecution or a defence case could be concretised. There is no mathematical formula through which the truthfulness of a prosecution or a defence case could be concretised. It would depend on the evidence of each case including the manner of deposition and his demeans clarity, corroboration of witnesses and overall, the conscience of a judge evoked by the evidence on record. So Courts have to proceed further and make genuine efforts within the judicial sphere to search out the truth and not stop at the threshold of creation of doubt to confer benefit of doubt. Under this sphere, we proceed now to test the submission of the learned counsel for the accused with reference to the blackening found by the doctor under the injuries in the post-mortem report. 12. We fine as aforesaid, there is another part of the deposition of the same doctor with reference to the same injuries when he records that the shape of the wounds was oval indicating the inturies being caused from a higher pedestal. In Taylor's Principle and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence, 12th Edn., at p. 297, it says : "The position of the wound of entrance usually marks a part of the body which was at the moment of discharge facing the muzzle of the weapon, and in a straight line with the barrel; it therefore indicates with precision whether the victim was facing the muzzle or with his back or side to it. Where the weapon is set at a slant to the body, the bullet may strike the skin and enter through a distinctly oval hole, the 'approach' side of which is a graze widening out into the actual entry, or it may tear across the surface of the skin leaving only a groove or split." 13. In Modi's Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology, 21st Edn., at p. 264, it says : "The wound of entrance in distant shot is usually smaller than the projectile due to the elasticity of the skin, and round when the projectile strikes the body at a right angle and oval when it strikes the body obliquely. The edges of the wound are inverted and the striking bullet covered with grease and smoke causes also a collar of abrasion contusion, which looks like a dark ring, showing two zones, the inner of grease and the outer of abrasion. The edges of the wound are inverted and the striking bullet covered with grease and smoke causes also a collar of abrasion contusion, which looks like a dark ring, showing two zones, the inner of grease and the outer of abrasion. When there is a close shot that is in the range of powder blast and flame is within 1 to 3 inches for small arms, there is a collar of soot and grease (if present on the bullet) around the circular wound of entry. Singed haris may be seen if the body is not covered with clothing. When it is fired beyond a distance of 12 inches, there are no powder marks of soot or heat effects around the wound." 14. In the present case, the doctor found the injuries oval in shape, denoting that the shot was from a slanting position downwards right to left. The prosecution case is that the deceased was standing on a chabutra under a neem tree. Thus any shot, if it is from a close range, could either be from the chabutra, which would be on a level with the deceased. Thus it could not make an oval-shaped hole and if it was a shot from below the chabutra, the oval shape would not be downwards but upwards. We find from the post-mortem report and evidence of the doctor that injuries recorded were oval in shape, the journey of pellets being downwards and right to left, all indicating and corroborating the prosecution story of firing from the rooftop which is on the right side of the place where the deceased was standing. 15. Now, we proceed to examine the testimony of eyewitnesses, their credibility and trustworthiness. In the present case, there are two eyewitnesses, Ram Singh, PW 1, and Kalua, PW 3. We find the evidence of these two eyewitnesses is of unimpeachable character and in spite of their long cross-examination, nothing worth could be said to have been eroded and even learned counsel for the appellants before us could not point out any incongruity, unreliability or contradiction or their testimony being at variance to distrust them. According to the prosecution case, Ram Singh, PW 1, came along with the deceased Bhagat Singh on the motorcycle near the accused's house and Kalua, PW 3, who was sleeping in the dalan also came out after hearing the noise of the motorcycle. 16. According to the prosecution case, Ram Singh, PW 1, came along with the deceased Bhagat Singh on the motorcycle near the accused's house and Kalua, PW 3, who was sleeping in the dalan also came out after hearing the noise of the motorcycle. 16. Ram Singh, PW 1, stated that on the day of occurrence, he received information from his son Bhagat Singh in Bazaar Vidisha where he had gone that Kailash, Daulat Singh and Ajay SIngh entered his house and had beaten his wife, his son Gajendra and his daughter Meena. Then his wife, son and daughter also reached Vidisha when he saw the hand of his wife bandaged where she also disclosed that the accused had beaten them after entering their house. This fact was also corroborated by Gajendra Singh. On hearing this, he returned back and after taking a meal proceeded to Village Gajar with Bhagat Singh on a motorcycle drive14by Bhagat Singh. After reaching there, Bhagat Singh parked his motorcycle near a neem tree. On hearing the noise of the motorcycle, Kalua, PW 3, had also come. He was sleeping in the dalan of the house of my (sic Ram Singh's) portion. This witness further deposed that at the time when they saw the accused, the accused were standing on the second floor and then they reached the roof of the third floor of their portion of the house. Gun was in the hand of Mohan Singh alone. First, Mohan Singh in reply to the query of the deceased used abusive and threatening language at which the deceased retorted why you are abusing, then Ajay Singh exhorted to kill him in abusive language, followed by Kailash. This led to the firing of one shot by Mohan Singh followed by two more shots by him. Bhagat Singh fell down and died. Thereafter, Ajay Singh shouted, whoever comes in front, we will kill him. Out of that fear, nobody came out. 17. PW 3 deposed that between 10 and 11 p.m., he woke up with the noise of the motorcycle of Ram Singh and Bhagat Singh who reached there. It was parked near the neem tree and Mohan Singh, Ajay Singh and Kailash were standing in the gokh of Ajay Singh. It was a moonlit night and a lantern was also burning in the gokh. It was parked near the neem tree and Mohan Singh, Ajay Singh and Kailash were standing in the gokh of Ajay Singh. It was a moonlit night and a lantern was also burning in the gokh. The incident started when Bhagat Singh asked as to why they had beaten his hali and mother, i.e., referring to the incident which happened earlier on the same day. Thereafter, all the accused persons went inside the house and went on the roof of the third floor. According to this witness, Mohan Singh had a gun while Ajay Singh and Kailash had no weapon in their hands. The role attributed to these two accused was exhortation. On Bhagat Singh questioning Mohan Singh' about his indecent conduct earlier, he abused him to which Bhagat Singh retarded (sic) not to abuse. On this, accused Ajay Singh exhorted Mohan Singh to kill him and not to worry as they would see the consequences. It is only thereafter that Mohan Singh spread the barrel of his gun and fired at Bhagat Singh as a result of which he died. Thereafter, Ram Singh went to the Chowkidar, PW 2, and told him to report the matter to the police. PW 2 thereafter lodged the FIR. Admittedly, he is not an eyewitness but reports on asking by Ram Singh and of course after seeing the dead body, he goes and lodges the FIR early next morning. Further, we find in the present case that the prosecution has established the place of occurrence as Station-in-Charge, PW 11, proves it through the recovery of the pellets and the blood found there and further the prosecution has proved the recovery of both the guns from the house of the accused. 18. Returning to the eyewitnesses, we find both those two eyewitnesses, PW 1 and PW 3 have fully corroborated the prosecution story. Their credibility has been upheld by the trial Court and we also, after going through their testimony, fully approve this fonding and uphold their testimony. Apart from these two eyewitnesses, there is also part-corroboration by Jagannath Singh, PW 6, who is a neighbour. His house is adjacent to the house of Ram Singh. He stated, he woke up on hearing the noise of firing of a gun. Actually he heard the noise of firing of three shots. He then went to the door of the house and heard "Jee Saheb". His house is adjacent to the house of Ram Singh. He stated, he woke up on hearing the noise of firing of a gun. Actually he heard the noise of firing of three shots. He then went to the door of the house and heard "Jee Saheb". The witness clearly stated he always called Ajay Singh as "Jee Saheb." He heard him saying that if any person of the village came out he would be killed. On account of this, he did not come out and he remained inside his house till 8 a.m. Scrutinising and examining the evidence, we have no hesitation to conclude that the prosecution has proved to the hilt the story of firing by Mohan Singh from his rooftop at the deceased Bhagat Singh. This unimpeachable evidence of these two eyewitnesses fully corroborates the other part of the medical evidence, viz., injuries oval in shape, direction downwards, pellets travelling right to left, i.e., that the shot was fired from the rooftop of the third floor. In this light, mere reference in the said report of blackening under the surface of the injuries by the doctor could not be given credence for inferring that firing was from a close range. This by itself in no way dismantles the prosecution story. Learned Senior Counsel, Mr. M.N. Krishnamani, appearing for the impleaded party submitted that the blackening found could also be because of clotted blood found as recorded in the same report : "Skin blackened clotted blood was present around the wound:" We find in this regard as aforesaid, Modi records : "The wound of entrance in distant shot. ... The edges of the wound are inverted and the striking bullet covered with grease and smoke causes also a collar abrasion contusion, which looks like a dark ring." (emphasis supplied) 19. In the case of Sheo Shankar v. State, AIR 1953 All. 652 with reference to the Medical Jurisprudence by Taylor, it was held that sometimes blackness present in the area of injury of ingress creates doubt. Because of the path created by ingress of gunshot, the internal skin• comes out and therefore the core keeps on changing the colour. The skin of nearby area can be burnt or injury might not be burnt in accordance with the distance of opening the gunshot and there might be blackness or redness of the particles. Because of the path created by ingress of gunshot, the internal skin• comes out and therefore the core keeps on changing the colour. The skin of nearby area can be burnt or injury might not be burnt in accordance with the distance of opening the gunshot and there might be blackness or redness of the particles. In this decision also, the doctor found a black margin below the gunshot wound. Relevant portions of the said decision incorporating Taylor's opinion is quoted hereunder: "The nature of the wounds said to have been inflicted on account of the gun being placed on the chest and fired does not fit in with the allegation. It is true that the doctor was not questioned about it. In fact the doctor made the statement that these wounds were due to the gun being fired by being placed on the chest or from within a range of one yard. We are of the opinion that in this the doctor was wrong and probably got misguided on account of the black margins of the wounds. The black margins of a wound are never due to the firing of the gun from very close range but are due to something different. Taylor says at p. 430 of his Principles and Practice of Medical Jurisprudence, Vol. I, 10th Edn.-- 'The edges of the wound commonly show a narrow ring of discoloration due to the removal of a layer of epithelium by the passage of the bullet. The surrounding skin may be scorched or not, and there may be a zone of blackening or peppering with grains of powder according to the distance from which the weapon was fired.' And again at p. 431 -- All entrance wounds, if examined, will be found to have a zone of denuded epithelium immediately surrounding the orifice. This is caused by the spin of the bullet and the invagination of the skin by the bullet and tends to dry and become discoloured shortly after death. This is caused by the spin of the bullet and the invagination of the skin by the bullet and tends to dry and become discoloured shortly after death. It should not be confused with the marks due to powder for it gives no indication of range.' And again at p. 441 -- 'The bruised and dark appearance which a gunshot wound sometimes presents, even when the weapon is discharged at a distance from the body, has led to the supposition that this effect was due to a bum and that the bullet burnt the parts which it touched, but this idea is not correct. The projectile never becomes sufficiently' heated to acquire the power of burning. Again Taylor says at p. 430 -- 'We must distinguish between near wounds and far wounds. Usually when a weapon is discharged in contact with or within an inch or s6 of the body the gases which pass out with the bullet enter the tissues and thereafter expand causing tearing of the skin or clothes very often in the form of a cross or a split. Most of the powder is found inside the tissues, but there may be traces of blackening, burning and tattooing around the entrance hole ... if the weapon is discharged at a short distance from the skin the effect of the gases is lost and the entrance wound looks like a hole which might be caused by pressing a lead pencil into the tissues; it is rounded with inverted edges and surrounded by a zone of singeing, blackening from the smoke and tattooing from the impaction of small particles of powder in the skin." 20. For all these reasons, we have no hesitation to hold that recording of blackening of skin below the injury by the doctor prima facie may lead to the conclusion that firing of gunshot may be from a close range but in a given case, depending on other factors, as in the present case and in the light of what Taylor says, as aforesaid: "The black margins of a wound are never due, to the firing of the gun from a very close range but are due to something different... .. the observation by the doctor could even be in cases where shots are not from a close range. 21. .. the observation by the doctor could even be in cases where shots are not from a close range. 21. In Karnail Singh v. State of Punjab (1971)3 SCC 616 : 1971 SCC (Cri) 732 : AIR 1971 SC 2119 , this Court held that where it is proved beyond doubt that the evidence of the eyewitnesses is trustworthy in a case where the accused person committed murder by gunshots, the inconsistency between the opinion of the expert and the eyewitnesses relating to the distance from which gunshots were fired carries no weight. If the eyewitnesses stand the test of their credibility, they have to be believed. Looking to the present case, we see even the doctor's opinion is not clear as he admitted that he cannot give a clear opinion about the distance from which the shot was fired. But he records that it was fired from a higher pedestal which corroborates with the prosecution story. This, coupled with the fact that the eyewitnesses also corroborate to the same effect, the submission on behalf of the accused for all the aforesaid reasons with respect to the first point cannot be sustained. 22. Next submission relates to the recovery of two guns of 12 bore which is said to cast a doubt on the prosecution case as the licence of one of them is in the name of Ram Singh, PW I. The recovery of two firearms, one which is recovered on the pointing of Mohan Singh from his house on 27.4.1980 and the other which was licensed in the name of complainant Ram Singh, PW 1, is recovered on the information given by this very witness, PW 1 from the dalan of the accused Ajay Singh on 28.4.1980. This point was pressed to create a doubt as to which one was used to commit the offence. The High Court has rightly referred to the judgment of the trial Court with approval on this point. The trial Court has given good and cogent reason for not accepting this part of the submission on behalf of the accused. Learned counsel for the accused submitted that it is not recorded in the seizure-memo that the gun, Article 1, was seized from the door in the dalan of Ajay Singh to show it to be in possession of Ajay Singh. Learned counsel for the accused submitted that it is not recorded in the seizure-memo that the gun, Article 1, was seized from the door in the dalan of Ajay Singh to show it to be in possession of Ajay Singh. In this regard, the trial Court referred to the statement of Mohan Singh who admitted that he was keeping a 12 bore gun with one empty cartridge and two empty cartridges in the drain of his house. In this regard, a seizure-memo, Ex. P-6, was also prepared. The gun, Article 2, and dry cartridges, Article 10, wet cartridges, Articles 11 and 12, were seized on the indication of Mohan Singh and the seizure-memo, Ex. P-7 was prepared Parsu Ram, DW 4, clearly stated that those articles were got seized voluntarily by Mohan Singh and he has given this statement voluntarily. The trial Court rightly concluded that Articles 10, 11 and 12 (cartridges) were seized inside the house of Mohan Singh on his indication. The case of Ram Singh is that if there is any gun licensed in his name then it must be with accused Ajay Singh as on partition, he never gave such a gun to him, however, the said Ram Singh did say, when he was washing his face at the hand pump in the morning on 28.4.1980, then he saw the gun and a belt of the cartridges hanging at a peg outside the house of Ajay Singh in his dalan. Thereafter, when the investigation officer came then he told the officer about the said gun on which the investigation officer did collect the said gun after going there along with Kalua, PW 3, and one Jagannath and brought the said gun. The trial Court rightly concluded based, on the evidence and the report of the ballistic expert, that the introduction of the second gun would have no bearing on the trustworthiness of the proof of the use of the specified gun in the said incident. 23. Next it was submitted that as there was paucity of light, it was not possible for the eyewitnesses to see the accused and to identify as to who out of the aforesaid three accused used the firearm and who exhorted Mohan Singh to fire. 23. Next it was submitted that as there was paucity of light, it was not possible for the eyewitnesses to see the accused and to identify as to who out of the aforesaid three accused used the firearm and who exhorted Mohan Singh to fire. We find that the prosecution witnesses have stated it was a moonlit night and even a lantern was burning in the dalan of Ajay Singh, coupled with the fact that the accused were not only known but were closely related, belonging to the same family, hence their appearances, voice being known, there would be no difficulty for the witnesses in recognising the accused persons in a moonlit night with a lantern burning. Eyewitnesses clearly stated that the firing was done by the accused Mohan Singh which we have no hesitation to accept. Lastly, a feeble submission was made that the FIR does not record details about the part played by each accused person in the commission of the crime, hence the prosecution story is an afterthought to implicate the accused. We again do not find any substance in this submission, since it is not in dispute that the FIR was lodged by the Chowkidar, PW2, who admittedly was not an eyewitness. Ram Singh told PW 2 who came to the scene later to get the FIR lodged as then on his son's death he must have been in a remorseful mood. PW 2 did see the dead body of Bhagat Singh and then went to the police station and lodged the FIR. It is but natural that the man recording the FIR if not an eyewitness, no details could be expected to be incorporated in it. It is also natural that Ram Singh after seeing his son dead could not have been in a mood to give details, except to request the Chowkidar to lodge a report. Thus we do not find any merit to this last submission. In view of the aforesaid findings, we clearly come to the conclusion that the prosecution has proved to. the hilt the crime committed by the accused Mohan Singh by killing Bhagat Singh by a 12 bore gun beyond all reasonable doubt. 24. Next question is whether the prosecution has proved its case against the accused Kailash Singh under Section 302 read with Section 34 or not. the hilt the crime committed by the accused Mohan Singh by killing Bhagat Singh by a 12 bore gun beyond all reasonable doubt. 24. Next question is whether the prosecution has proved its case against the accused Kailash Singh under Section 302 read with Section 34 or not. It is an admitted case that he has not used any firearm nor is any active role assigned to him. The role assigned to him is merely exhortation. In order to test the prosecution evidence, it is necessary to record the sequence of events preceding the alleged exhortation by him to test whether his case falls under Section 34 IPC or not. Admittedly, it is not a case of predetermined, planned case of common intention of the three accused to kill the deceased Bhagat Singh. Prosecution story reveals that emotion developed on the spot when complainant Ram Singh and Bhagat Singh came near the house of accused Ajay Singh where two other accused, namely, their sons Mohan Singh and Kailash Singh were also there. Thus it is to be seen whether any such common intention with a common design developed also in the mind of Kailash to kill the deceased. According to Ram Singh, the eyewitness, when he reached the neem tree which is in front of the house of Ajay Singh, the accused, Ajay Singh, Mohan Singh and Kailash Singh came out from the gokh and went in turn from the second floor to the third floor. After the initial altercation with Bhagat Singh, the' accused Mohan Singh shouted with threatening and abusive, words to Bhagat Singh deceased which were as following: Abe sale kutte ab bol tujhe abhi bhi bata dete hai," on which Bhagat Singh replied why are you abusing from above. It is on this the accused Ajay Singh, their father, then exhorted his son Mohan Singh with the following words: Mar sale ko jo kuch hoga nipat lenge (kill him whatever happens we will face it)." It is only thereafter it is alleged that his other son Kailash also exhorted Mohan Singh with the words: Mar sale ko (kill him)." The consequence of events clearly shows the very language expressed by Mohan Singh first, clearly indicates the clear intention of the accused Mohan Singh to do away with Bhagat Singh. It is expressed with rage. It is expressed with rage. If there was any infirmity in his resolve, it fully matured when what followed, viz., the exhortation by Ajay Singh, the father of Mohan Singh. The aforesaid words of the father could infuriate anyone including Mohan Singh to do the ultimate, namely, killing of Bhagat Singh. It is at this point of time when common intention between the two accused matured, if at all. So far as Kailash is concerned, be had no role. He is introduced lastly when it is said that he also said "mar sale ko " which may mean both kill him or beat him. Except for this, no other role is assigned to this accused at the point of the incident. Looking to the preceding strong abusive and threatening language used both by the other two accused which indicates that common intention, if at all, matured then the exhortation words attributed to this accused does not bring home beyond doubt of common intention with common design maturing to kill the deceased so far as the participation of this third accused is concerned. Firstly, it is the weakest language used out of the three and is attributed to have been expressed in the last. We find the common intention really matured and concluded much earlier to the time when the role of this accused is introduced. On the facts and circumstances of this case and in the absence of anything more, this by itself does not lead to the conclusion so far as the accused Kailash is concerned, that his exhortation was also with the same common intention to kill Bhagat Singh. 25. In the cross-examination, when PW 1 was confronted with whether such words were expressed by Kailash or not and whether he got it recorded with the police or not, this witness stated that he told this thing to the police but the police might not have recorded it. This apart, except for a similar repetition by the other eyewitness Kalua, PW 3, even he could not refer to any other role played by Kailash except introduction of the said words. Thus we conclude that the prosecution has not proved beyond all reasonable doubt that the accused Kailash Singh also formed part of the common intention to kill Bhagat Singh. So we grant benefit of doubt to him. 26. Thus we conclude that the prosecution has not proved beyond all reasonable doubt that the accused Kailash Singh also formed part of the common intention to kill Bhagat Singh. So we grant benefit of doubt to him. 26. In view of the aforesaid finding, we conclude that so far as the appeal of accused Mohan Singh is concerned, the conviction and sentence is maintained and his appeal fails but the appeal of accused Kailash Singh is allowed and his conviction and sentence under Section 302 read with Section 34 IPC is set aside. It is directed that the accused Kailash Singh be set at liberty forthwith unless required in connection with any other offence. Accordingly, this appeal is partly allowed.