Deposing before the additional sessions judge G L Yedke Shah and Thakar informed the court during examination conducted by government pleader Ujjwal Nikam, that both were residing in the Shiv-Shahi apartment on first floor, where Anjanabai, her two daughters Renuka, Seema and Renuka's four children came to reside in July 1996.

She said she observed the boy, addressed as Pankaj, with the Gavit family 20 days later after they shifted into the apartment. Shah revealed that Pankaj used to visit their house along with Renuka's children to play.

``When I inquired with Anjanabai about the boy, she told me that Pankaj was grandsonof her sister who was residing in Mumbai,'' Shah said.

However, one-and-a-half month later the boy was no longer to be seen with the Gavits. When Shah enquired about the boy, Anjanabai said he was sent back to his mother in Mumbai.

``On January 16, along with other flat members, I was also called on at Shivajinagar court in connection with photo identification parade where I identified Pankaj's photograph before magistrate which was shown to me along with ten photographs of other children,'' explained Shah.

The second witness, Sangeeta Thakar, corroborated Shah's description of Pankaj. During cross-examination by defence lawyer Manik Mulik she said that the boy in the photograph identified by Shah was Pankaj.

When advocate Mulik pointed out that since the photograph of Pankaj was already published in local papers yesterday, Thakar denied her testimony was based on it. ``I have not not browsed through either of the two dailies Sakal or Pudhari,' she said. Thakar also stated that her statement sayingthe photograph which she identified Pankaj's was correct.

Police photographer Kailas Budhaji Tirmare of Pune police, who took the photographs of Pankaj's dead body at Karvenagar area in Pune, was also one of the witness before the court.