the accused appellant coming from behind the bushes at around the same point of time. He was wearing a watchman’s uniform. The witness thereafter went back to work. At about 04:00 P.M., when he came back to his house, he noticed that people were searching for a small girl. He was shown the photograph of the missing girl (child victim), which he identified to be the same child whom he had seen earlier in the afternoon. He further stated that the body of the child victim was found in the pond on 2nd October, 2013, after which he narrated the entire incident, witnessed by him, to the police. 43. In his cross-examination, the witness (PW-9) admitted that on 30th September, 2013, the police made inquiries from him in relation to the case, but his statement was not recorded on that date. On 2nd October 2013, the police again visited the crime scene, but his statement was still not recorded. He 33 Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022