further stated that some 25 to 30 north Indian people were residing in the transit camp and were working as watchmen. The police summoned all these people for the purposes of inquiry. The witness was confronted with certain improvements vis-à-vis his previous statement recorded under Section 161 of the CrPC. However, these improvements are trivial and inconsequential for our purpose. The witness denied the suggestion given by the defence that he was making a false deposition regarding having seen the accused appellant coming from behind the bushes. However, he admitted that the police did not call him for the test identification of the accused appellant. 44. What is pertinent to note from the statement of this witness is that he was aware on 30th September, 2013, itself that the child victim had gone missing and people were searching for her. The police visited the vicinity on 30th September, 2013; 1st October, 34 Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022