the statement of the said witness under Section 161 of the CrPC was recorded as late as on 12th October 2013, as stated by the Investigating Officer (PW-18). 60. Hence, the statement of the witness (PW-17) on the aspect of extra-judicial confession is full of improvements and contradictions and hence, it is totally unreliable. If at all, the accused appellant had made an extra-judicial confession before the witness on 1st October, 2013, his immediate reaction would have been to rush to the police and divulge this fact to the Investigating Officer (PW-16). However, he made no such effort whatsoever. 61. In this background, the evidence of PW-17 regarding the extra-judicial confession, [which is otherwise also a very weak piece of evidence], is totally unreliable and unacceptable and does not lend succour to the prosecution case. 51 Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022