Could someone please help me to add category id with in this query so this will return posts from a certain category?

Please follow proper wordpress method not follow someone’s code or copy paste code.

 /*
 * CODEX: http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Parameters
 * Source: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.9/src/wp- 
 includes/query.php
 */
$args = array(

//////Category Parameters - Show posts associated with certain categories.
//http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Category_Parameters
 //all categories parameter 

'cat' => 5,//(int) - use category id.
'category_name' => 'staff, news',          //(string) - Display posts that 
  have these categories, using category slug.
'category_name' => 'staff+news',           //(string) - Display posts that 
 have "all" of these categories, using category slug.
'category__and' => array( 2, 6 ),         //(array) - use category id.
'category__in' => array( 2, 6 ),          //(array) - use category id.
'category__not_in' => array( 2, 6 ),      //(array) - use category id.
'post_type' => 'post', //post or you can use your custom post type 
'post_status' => 'publish',
'order' => 'DESC',
'orderby' => 'date');

$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
   $the_query->the_post();
    // Do Stuff
  } // end while
} // endif
// Reset Post Data
wp_reset_postdata();