had seen the dog tied to Sanjay Ganesh Rawat’s (PW15) room or that he had seen the accused appellant along with the child victim and an English dog. He denied the suggestion given by the defence, that the police had threatened him and thus, he gave a statement, incriminating the accused appellant. 48. At this stage, we may note that the statement of this witness (PW-14) was recorded under Section 164 of the CrPC and was exhibited by the prosecution as Ext. 94. It was inter alia noted in the said statement that the accused appellant and his father left for lunch at about 12:00 P.M., whereas he (the witness) left for lunch at 12:10 P.M. While he was proceeding, he saw the accused appellant standing on the road. He had lunch at his room and left to report for duty at about 12:40 P.M. At that time, he saw a dog tied to the window of a room. He later learnt that the accused appellant had tied the said dog there. 39 Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022