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DISCLAIMER

The facts stated in the present case are fictitious and have been drafted solely for the

purposes of the competition. The facts, names, locations and dates bear no

resemblance to any person, event or happening whether dead or alive. Any

resemblance, if any found is purely co-incidental.

No additional evidence or additional witness testimonies (other than provided) can be

brought on record by any team for the purposes of the competition. Failure to adhere

to the same will result in disqualification.

The names used in the case are purely for the purposes of the competition. No real

incidences are to be attached with them.

This problem does not intend to hurt the feelings of any section of the society or to

offend any person.

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Statement of Facts

Priya Sharma, a 20 year old girl was involved in a love affair and a physical

relationship with Rohan Das, a 23 year old boy. Priya has completed the first year of

Degree College and stays with her family of five members at her residence in Dadar,

Mumbai. Rohan is an uneducated and unemployed person who also resides in Dadar,

Mumbai. In the course of their relationship, Priya realised that she was pregnant and

planned to elope and marry Rohan, as her family was against their relationship.

On the night of 20th July, 2016, all members of the Sharma family, Priya, her parents and

her grandparents, namely the father, Mr. Raju Sharma, his wife Smt. Manju Sharma,

grandfather, Mr. Ram Sharma and his wife, Smt. Sita Sharma were present at their

residence. At about 2.30 a.m. (i.e. the intervening period between 20th July and 21st July)

on that fateful night, upon hearing constant screaming and cries of a woman from the

neighbouring house, Mr. Vasant Naik (PW 1), the neighbour of the Sharmas, and his

brother broke the door and entered their house. They found Priya lying unconscious in

the bedroom of her parents, who were lying in a pool of blood, with their respective

throats slit. Thereafter they discovered that both the grandparents were also lying dead

in the opposite bedroom with their respective throats slit.

Immediately, Mr.Naik raised an alarm gathering other neighbours and also informed

the police at Dadar Police Station. Accordingly a case was recorded on the basis of

information received from Mr.Naik, and a First Information Report (FIR) was registered

at about 3.05 a.m. under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) against unknown

persons for the murder of four members of the Sharma family. The police investigation

team, which constituted of P.I. Kiran Rane (PW-6), a PSI, two constables along with two

Panch witnesses conducted the inquest panchnama and thereafter dispatched the four

dead bodies for post-mortem at the Government Hospital. Dr. A.B. Barve (PW-5)

conducted the post-mortem of all the four deceased persons. Further, blood stained

pillows, bed sheets, mattresses, etc near the respective dead bodies, were duly sealed,

marked, taken into possession and sent to the Forensic Laboratory.

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On further investigation, the police found out that there were mobile phone

conversations made between Priya and Rohan Das from 1.50 a.m. to 2.00 a.m. on 21st

July.The police found a white dress, stained with blood in the cupboard. Also, a wrapper

of ten sleeping tablets, which Priya had allegedly purchased and mixed in the dinner of

the deceased persons, was found in the cupboard.

It was later found that Rohan had committed suicide by hanging himself to the

roof of his residence at about 8.30 p.m. on 21st July, 2016. Additionally the murder

weapon; a blood-stained knife and a mobile phone were recovered from Rohan’s

residence. The recovered materials were sent to the Forensic Laboratory which

confirmed that the blood on the murder weapon and their respective clothes matched

with the blood of the deceased persons.

S.S. Rathod (PW-4), a person working at Dave Medical Stores at Dadar,

confirmed that Ms. Priya Sharma had visited his shop on 19th July, 2016 at about 8.00

p.m. and had purchased a packet of ten sleeping tablets, after which she left the shop

immediately.

Priya Sharma (accused and DW-1) was arrested on 21st July, 2016 at 5.00 p.m.,

near Dadar Railway Station.

According to the police, Priya and Rohan had together executed the murder

plan, wherein Priya had allegedly administered sleeping pills to the deceased persons

through their dinner and thereby rendered them unconscious and thereafter had

allegedly slit their throats. The alleged motive behind the commission of these

gruesome murders was to eliminate Priya’s family which was not in favour of the

relationship between Priya and Rohan and thereby secure the entire property of the

family and create financial security for the couple. Accordingly, on completion of the

investigation, a charge-sheet was drawn. Priya Sharma has been charged under Section

302 of the IPC for the brutal murder of her innocent family members. The statements of

all the witnesses have been recorded.

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FIRST INFORMATION REPORT (FIR)

(under Section 154 Cr.P.C)

1. State: Maharashtra District: Mumbai Police Station: Dadar

FIR No. R1- 4432 Year: 2016 Date: 21/07/2016

2. Act- Indian Penal Code- Section 302

3. (a) Occurrence of offence

Day –Thursday

Date – 21/07/2016

Time- 02:30 hours

(b) Information received at police station – Dadar

21/07/2016 Time: 02.45 hours

(c) General Diary Reference: R1-10-4432

Entry No. 27 Date: 21/07/2016 Time: 03.05 hours

4. Type of information: Oral

5. (a) Place of Occurrence: Dadar

Direction and distance from police station: 1km. to the south of the Police Station

Chouki/ Beat No.: 02

(b) Address of occurrence: 86, Sadanand Apartments, Talekar Road, Dadar, Mumbai-

400028

Ward: 185

(c) In case outside the limit of this police station then that police station’s

Name: N/A

Taluka: N/A

District: N/A

State: N/A

6. Complainant/ Informant:

(a) Name: Vasant P. Naik

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(b) Father’s name: Prabhakar A. Naik

(c) Date of birth: 17/09/1964

(d) Nationality: Indian

Phone number/s- 09146678091

(e) Passport No. N/A

(f) Occupation: School Teacher

(g) Religion: Hindu

Caste: N/A

Sub-caste: N/A

(h) Address: 88, Sadanand Apartments, Talekar Road, Dadar, Mumbai- 400028

Ward: 185

Nearest Post Office: Dadar Post Office

Nearest Police station: Dadar

Nearest identifiable place: RV Church

District: Mumbai

State: Maharashtra

Voter ID card number: WSG002451

7. Details, Name and Address of Accused

Name: Priya Sharma

Age: 20 years

Address: 86, Sadanand Apartments, Talekar Road, Dadar, Mumbai- 400028

8. Reasons for delay in reporting by the Complainant/ Informant: N/A

9. Particulars of properties stolen/recovered

a. Total value of properties: N/A

b. Recovered properties: N/A

c. Unnatural/ Accidental death case no.: 02134

10. Action taken: Since the above information reveals commission of offenses U/S as

mentioned in item no. 2,

(1) Registered the case and took up the investigation

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(2) Refused to take up investigation: N/A

F.I.R read over to the Complainant/Informant, admitted to be correct and copy given to

the Complainant/Informant free of cost.

Sd/- Sd/-

Signature and thumb impression Signature of Officer, Police

Station

of the Complainant/ Informant Name: Kiran Rane (P.B.N 1276)

Rank: Police Inspector

Posting: Dadar Police Station

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Panchnama

1) Pancha No. 1: Smt. Kalyani Harihar Pawar, Age: 32, Occupation: LIC Agent

Address: 12, Manorama Nivas, Raut Road, Dadar, Mumbai- 400028

2) Pancha No. 2: Mr. Rahul Bhide, Age: 28, Occupation: Hotel Owner

Address: Hotel Samadhan, Raut Road, Dadar, Mumbai- 400028

Today, we the abovementioned panchas, on being called by P.I. Kiran Rane,

visited the Dadar Police Station and subsequently, alongwith P.I. Kiran Rane, a PSI, and

two constables, visited the place of occurrence of crime, at Sadanand Apartments,

Dadar, at about 03.30 a.m. in a Toyota Qualis car, under crime registration number 252

of 2016. The informant, Vasant P. Naik was personally present. We were requested to

be panchas for conducting the said panchnama.

The informant showed us the place where the incident took place. The door of

the house is located on the southern wall. There is a passage, right opposite the door,

which leads to the kitchen, the toilets and the two bedrooms. One bedroom is on the

left while the other is on the right side, after entering the passage. We entered the

bedroom on the left side where we found two persons lying dead, with their throats

cut. The blood stained bedsheets, mattresses and pillows were seized. In the other

bedroom, we found two persons, who appeared to be more than 70 years old, lying

dead, with their throats slit in a similar manner. The blood stained bedsheets,

mattresses and pillows from this bedroom too were seized. A white dress, stained with

blood, was found in a cupboard in the second bedroom. Also, an empty packet of

Ramelteon Rozeren tablets was found in the cupboard. The four bodies were sent to

the nearest Government Hospital for conducting post mortems.

We left the crime scene at 04.15 am.

The aforesaid panchnama is true and correct as per the site as seen by we

panchas. Panchnama commenced at 3.30 am and completed at 4.15 am.

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Before me,

Sd/ Sd/

Pancha 1 Pancha 2

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STATEMENT OF MR. VASANT NAIK (INFORMANT AND PW-1)

Name: Vasant Prabhakar Naik, Age: 52, Sex: Male, Occupation: School Teacher,

Residence: 88, Sadanand Apartments, Talekar Road, Dadar, Mumbai-28.

I am a resident of Sadanand Apartments, Dadar from the last seven years and I

have known the Sharma family since then. I stay there along with my younger brother. I

am employed as a school teacher at Children’s Academy, Churchgate, Mumbai. On the

intervening night between 20th July to 21st July, 2016. I heard loud cries at about 2.30

a.m. from Flat no. 86, upon which me and my brother rushed over there. After knocking

many times and failing to get any answer from inside, we broke the door and got inside

the house. We then entered a bedroom, wherein we found Priya Sharma lying

unconscious beside the bed, wearing a green dress. We discovered that both her

parents were lying dead in a pool of blood on the bed, with their throats slit. We also

discovered that in the opposite bedroom, both the grandparents were also lying dead

in a similar condition as that of the parents.

I was shocked and raised an alarm, upon which I gathered many other

neighbours. Thereafter, I immediately decided to inform the police and I telephoned

the Dadar Police Station at about 2.45 a.m. The police arrived at around 03.30 a.m. The

bodies were sent for post-mortem, and the bed sheets, mattresses, pillows, white dress

etc. were seized. I would further like to state that it was known to me and other

members of our apartments about the internal conflict within the Sharma family

because of the stiff opposition to Priya’s relationship by the family members.

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STATEMENT OF S.S. RATHOD (PW-4)

Name- S.S. Rathod. Age- 40 years. Profession – Employee at Dave Medical Store

I, S.S. Rathod, have been working at Dave Medical Store since 20 years. I have

completed my education till HSC and have been working at this medical store since

then.

The members of Sharma family used to visit our store very frequently and hence, I was

acquainted with all the family members.

I state that on 19th July 2016, at around 8 pm, Ms. Priya Sharma had visited Dave

medical store. She asked for a packet of sleeping tablets. As she often used to purchase

these sleeping tablets, I presumed that she must be conscious about the risk of

overdose of the same, additionally no suspicion aroused in my mind and I gave out the

required packets of sleeping tablets. After grabbing the two packets, she immediately

left the shop because of which I could not provide her with the bill for the payment. I

was the only person who was present in the store at that time.

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FINAL INVESTIGATION REPORT

(UNDER SECTION 173 OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE)

COURT: IN THE COURT OF SESSIONS AT MUMBAI

1) District: Mumbai

Police Station: Dadar Police Station

Year: 2016

CR No: 252/2016

Date: 21/07/2016

2) Final report/ charge sheet number: 07864353

3) Date: 20/09/2016

4) Provision: Indian Penal Code, 1860 Section- 302

5) Nature of Final Report: Charge sheet filed

6) Name of the Investigating Officer: Kiran Manoj Rane

Designation: PI, P.B.N 1276

7) Name of Complainant/ Informant: Vasant Prabhakar Naik

Father’s/ Husband’s name: Prabhakar Naik

8) Things obtained at the time of investigation/ confiscated and property relied upon/

details of the articles (if necessary, add a separate list with the same)

Sr.No Description of the

property

Estimated

value

Sr. No of

the police

station

record diary

Property

recovered

from whom

and from

where

Disposal

1. Bed sheets(Blood

stained) (2)

N/a 654 Spot of

crime

2. Mattresses(Blood

stained) (2)

N/a 655 Spot of

crime

3. Pillows(Blood

stained) (4)

N/a 656 Spot of

crime

4. Empty packet of

Ramelteon Rozeren

tablets

N/a 657 Spot of

crime

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5. Blood stained white

dress

N/a 658 Spot of

crime

6. Blood stained knife N/a 663 House of

deceased

boyfriend of

accused

7. Mobile phone 5000 664 House of

deceased

boyfriend of

accused

9) Details of the Accused against whom charge sheet is filed:

1. Name and age: Priya Sharma, 20 years

2. Whether identified and how: By witness

3. Father/ Husband’s name: Raju Sharma

4. Sex: Female

5. Nationality: Indian

6. Passport Number: N/A

7. Religion: Hindu

8. If belongs to SC/ST: No

9. Profession: N/A

10. Address: 86, Sadanand Apartments, Talekar Road, Dadar, Mumbai- 400028

If verified: Yes

11. Temporary offender No. 24563 of 2016

12. Regular offender No. : N/A

13. Date of arrest: 21/07/2016

14. Date of release on bail: N/A

15. Date of sending to Court: N/A

16. Provision of arrest: Indian Penal Code, 1860- Section 302

17. Surety’s name and address: N/A

18. Related previous conviction: N/A

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19. Condition of Accused: J.C

10) Details of examined witnesses

Name of

Witness

Father/Husba

nd’s name

AGE OCCUPATION ADDRESS Nature of

Witness

1 Vasant P. Naik Prabhakar

Naik

52 School

Teacher

88,

Sadanand

Apartment

s, Talekar

Road,

Dadar,

Mumbai

400028

Informant

(PW 1)

2 Kalyani Pawar Harihar Pawar 32 LIC Agent 12,

Manorama

Nivas, Raut

Road,

Dadar,

Mumbai-

400028

Pancha No. 1

(PW 3)

3 Rahul Bhide Mukesh Bhide 28 Hotel Owner Hotel

Samadhan,

Raut Road,

Dadar,

Mumbai-

400028

Pancha No. 2

(PW 2)

4 S.S. Rathod Sunil Rathod 40 Employee Bhatkar

Colony,

ABC Road,

Dadar,

Mumbai

400028

Witness

(PW 4)

5 Dr. A.B.Barve Balvant Barve 40 Doctor 12, Pragati,

A Road,

Fort,

Mumbai-01

Witness

(PW 5)

6 Kiran M. Rane Manoj Rane 45 Police

Inspector

3/31, Dadar

Police

Quarters,

Dadar,

Mumbai

Investigating

Officer

(PW 6)

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7 Priya Sharma Raju Sharma 20 Student 86,

Sadanand

Apartment

s, Talekar

Road,

Dadar,

Mumbai-

28

Accused

(DW 1)

11) Findings of Lab Testing:

a) The blood stains on the mattresses in the first bedroom, matched the blood

groups of the corpses in that bedroom and the blood stains on the mattresses in

the second bedroom, matched the blood groups of the corpses in that

bedroom.

b) The blood stains on the bed sheets also matched the blood groups of the

deceased people.

c) The blood stains on the knife could not be identified

Sd/- Sd/-

Endorsed by the Senior Officer/ Officer presenting

report

Station House Officer

Senior Inspector K.K. Khanvilkar P.I. Kiran Rane

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GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, PAREL, MUMBAI.

REPORT OF POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION.

A. POST MORTEM FINDINGS FOR CASE NO: 252/2016

POST-MORTEM NO: 222/2016

BODY IDENTIFIED BY: HC-23420 Dadar Police Station

DATE AND HOUR OF RECIEPT OF REQUISITION: 04:30 hours, 21/07/2016

DATE AND HOUR OF STARTING AUTOPSY: 07:00 hours, 21/07/2016

DATE AND HOUR OF CONCLUDING AUTOPSY: 11:00 hours. 21/07/2016

1. NAME OF DECEASED PERSONS: a) Mr. Raju Sharma (Male)

b) Smt. Manju Sharma (Female)

c) Mr. Ram Sharma (Male)

d) Smt. Sita Sharma (Female)

DECEASED NO. 1 : Mr. Raju Sharma (S/o Ram Sharma), AGE : 45 years, SEX: Male.

HEIGHT: 4.6 ft WEIGHT: 71 kgs

PHYSIQUE: Normal.

SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION FEATURES: Mole on right shoulder blade

POST-MORTEM CHANGES PRESENT: Rigor mortis seen on entire body. Post

mortem lividity seen on back of trunk.

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE: Body dressed in white kurta-pajama, Throat was slit

INJURIES: Following ante-mortem injuries are noted:

Multiple two stab wound 6x5 cm x trachea cut x front of neck.

Stomach contained about 350 ml food content. There was gas in small intestine

and large intestine. The cause of death was shock and haemorrhage due to ante

mortem injuries and the viscera was preserved. Rigor mortis had passed from the

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neck and it was present on the upper and lower parts of the body.

DESEASED NO. 2 : Smt. Manju Sharma (W/o Mr. Raju Sharma), SEX : Female, AGE:

40 years

HEIGHT: 4 ft WEIGHT: 65 kgs

PHYSIQUE: Normal.

SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION FEATURES: Mole on right arm.

POST-MORTEM CHANGES PRESENT: Rigor mortis seen on entire body. Post

mortem lividity observed.

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE: Body dressed in a black Punjabi dress, Throat was slit,

and loss of blood through the slit, upper part of the body wet with red coloured

blood.

INJURIES : Following ante-mortem injuries were noted:

Rigor mortis was present on both upper and lower limbs. Clotted blood was

present. Decomposition had not started. Ante-mortem injuries were as under:

1. An oblique incised wound of size 4 cm x 2 cm x trachea deep on the front of

right side neck. Clotted blood present and its direction from above downwards.

2. Stab wound 2.5 cm x 2 cm x bone deep on right side chest from upper part 4 cm

above right tip of shoulder tapering from medial to lateral. Clotted blood present.

3. Transverse incised wound 7 cm x 5 cm x trachea cut just above right side

manubrialsterni. Clotted blood present. Viscera was preserved.

DECEASED NO. 3: Mr. Ram Sharma (S/o Dashrath Sharma), SEX : Male, AGE : 70

years ,

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HEIGHT: 4.9 ft WEIGHT: 79 kgs

PHYSIQUE: Normal.

SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION FEATURES: Mole on right thigh.

POST-MORTEM CHANGES PRESENT: Rigor mortis seen on entire body. Post

mortem lividity observed.

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE: Body dressed in white kurta-pajama, Throat was slit, and

loss of blood through the slit, upper part of the body wet with red coloured blood.

INJURIES : Following ante-mortem injuries were noted:

Rigor mortis was present in upper and lower limbs. Decomposition was not

present. Blood from both nostrils coming out. Following ante-mortem injuries were

found:

1. An oblique incised wound 1 cm x .5 cm x muscle deep on the right side face just

outside the right eye. Clotted blood present. Wound's direction from above

downward.

2. An oblique incised wound 3 cm x 0.8 cm cartilages cut on upper part of right ear

pinna. Clotted blood present. Wound is directing from outer to inwards.

3. Transverse incised wound 8 cm x 5 cm trachea cut in front of lower part neck 3

cm above Manubrium sterniesophagus, blood vessels and nerves are cut. Clotted

blood present. Larynx was congested. On internal examination, membranes of

brain, both lungs, spleen and both kidneys were congested. C 6 vertebra was cut.

Death was due to Asphyxia as a result of shock and haemorrhage as a result of

ante-mortem injuries. The viscera was preserved.

DECEASED NO. 4 : Smt. Sita Sharma (W/o Mr. Ram Sharma), SEX : Female, AGE : 63

years .

HEIGHT: 4 ft WEIGHT: 60 kgs

PHYSIQUE: Normal.

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SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION FEATURES: Mole on left cheek

POST-MORTEM CHANGES PRESENT: Rigor mortis seen on entire body. Post

mortem lividity observed.

EXTERNAL APPEARANCE: Body dressed in yellow coloured sari, Throat was slit, and

loss of blood through the slit, upper part of the body wet with red coloured blood.

INJURIES: Following ante-mortem injuries were noted:

Time of death was about half a day old and rigor mortis was present. No

decomposition was present. The following anti-mortem injuries were found:

1. An oblique incised wound 3 x 2 cm trachea cut on the front of neck, lower part

on the right side. Clotted blood present. Wound is directing from medial to lateral.

2. An oblique transverse incised wound 4.5 x 2 cm x trachea cut on front of neck

lower part 2 cm behind injury no. 1. Wound is directing from medial to laterally.

Clotted blood present.

On external examination, both lungs were congested. Both chambers of hearts

were empty. Lever and kidneys were congested. The viscera were preserved. The

cause of death was due to Asphyxia due to shock and haemorrhage due to ante-

mortem injury.

2. INTERNAL EXAMINATION: on dissection of the chest and abdomen of all four

deceased persons, it was observed that, all organs are pale. Brain shows excessive

internal haemorrhage

TIME OF DEATH: The timing of death of all the four deceased persons is approximately

9 hours ago.

A.SPECIMEN COLLECTED FOR TOXICOLOGICAL ANALYSIS – Viscera of all the four

deceased persons sent to the Department of Forensic Science, Government Hospital,

Mumbai.

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B. ITEMS HANDED OVER TO POLICE-

Post Mortem Report, Inquest papers, Dead bodies of all four deceased persons, Clothes

of all the deceased persons.

OPINION: The cause of death as due to Asphyxia due to shock and haemorrhage due to

ante-mortem injury

On 21/07/2016 at 11:30 am.

Sd/-

Dr. A.B. Barve

Medical Officer

Government Medical Hospital.

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FORENSIC REPORT

No. P. (T) /564 of 2016

M.L. Case No. MP‐……..

DEPARTMENT OF FORENSIC SCIENCE,

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL, PAREL, MUMBAI.

Date : 27/07/2016

To,

P.I. Kiran Rane,

Dadar Police Station,

Dadar, Mumbai.

Your letter No. 23 dated 22/07/2016 regarding Five parcels in connection with

C.R. No. 252 of 2016 under I.P.C Section 302 stated by you to have been dispatched on

22/07/2016 per P.C. No. 2193 was duly received in this Department on 22/07/2016

Description of parcel/s

‐‐ One blood stained axe (murder weapon), Two separate blood soaked mattresses,

four separate blood stained bed sheets, four separate blood soaked pillows, a partially

blood stained white coloured Punjabi dress, a knife, blood samples of four different

persons.

All the above materials were separately sealed in their respective plastic packets. Four

blood samples were with preservatives and duly sealed.

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Description of articles contained in parcel/s

Exh. 1) Blood stained axe, sealed in plastic labelled – A

2) Two separate blood soaked mattresses, sealed in plastic and labelled –

B1 and B2 respectively.

3) Four separate blood soaked pillows sealed in plastic and labelled – C1,

C2, C3 and C4 respectively.

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4) Four separate blood stained bed sheets, plastic sealed and labelled – D

1, D 2, D 3 and D 4

5) Partly blood stained white coloured Punjabi dress – Exhibit H

6) An empty packet of Rameleon rozerem tablets – Exhibit R

7) Viscera of four deceased persons.

8) Four different preserved blood samples (BS) of four persons in four different

respective bottles, labelled with their respective names – Raju Sharma (BS 1),

Manju Sharma (BS 2), Ram Sharma (BS 3), Sita Sharma (BS 4).

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RESULTS OF ANALYSIS

Blood samples- BS 1- A (rh positive)

BS 2- O (rh positive)

BS 3- O (rh positive)

BS 4- A (rh positive)

1) Blood on Exhibit C1, D1 matched with Exhibit (BS 1).

2) Blood on Exhibit C3, D 3 matched with Exhibit (BS 3).

3) Blood on Exhibit C2, D 2 and F matched with Exhibit (BS 2).

4) Blood on Exhibit C4, D 4 matched with Exhibit (BS 4).

5) Blood on Exhibit B1 matched with Exhibit (BS 1) and Exhibit (BS 2)

6) Blood on Exhibit B2 matched with Exhibit (BS 3) and Exhibit (BS 4)

7) Blood stains on Exhibit (H) matched with Exhibit (BS1).

8) Exhibit (R) had no presence of any poisonous substance on it.

9) Blood stains on Exhibit (A) could not be identified.

10) Presence of toxic substance in similar amounts in Viscera of all four persons.

No. P(T)/15066/12 Sd/-

Date – 27/07/2016

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Attested photo copy issued to the

PI

B.S. Kotnis

Assistant Chemical Analyser

Dadar Police Station. Department of Forensic Science

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