that there being waste shrubs next to his field on the banks of Bennihalla, it was difficult to go to the stream through the shrubs. Next to his land, lie the fields belonging to others, beyond which there was a graveyard where people did not usually visit at odd hours. 14. Secondly, we see good and sound reasons to believe that the date 30th December 2010 deposed to by Bhimappa Talawar (PW8), Gadigeppa Talawar (PW-9) and Hanamappa Talawar (PW-10) is on account of failure to recollect the exact date when they had seen the appellant with a gunny bag and the girl on his shoulder, and not on account of false deposition on the factum that the appellant was seen carrying the child at about 8:30 p.m. The witnesses are village residents and as their evidence was recorded nearly a year after the occurrence, they may not have possibly remembered the date of sighting, for the reason that dates, especially those in the Gregorian calendar, may not be of much relevance or consequence in the rural areas. 15. Furthermore, what has weighed with us is the undisputed fact that on 29th December 2010, Hanamappa (PW-4) had filed a missing person report (Exhibit P-6) at about 5:00 p.m. On 30th December 2010, the parents of R, Sanganabasappa (PW-1) and Shivaleela (PW-19) had also reached the village. In case Bhimappa Talawar Criminal Appeal Nos. 1473-1474 of 2017 Page 14 of 30