circumstance of last seen together by leading credible
evidence.
57. The second segment of circumstantial evidence
on which the prosecution heavily relied upon was
that of the extra-judicial confession allegedly made by
the accused appellant to Anil Mahatam Singh (PW17), who was the Supervisor under whom the
accused appellant was working. The witness (PW-17)
stated that he knew the accused appellant, who had
joined duty as a watchman about 6 to 7 days before
the incident. On 30th September 2013, a small girl
went missing. On that day, the accused appellant
was assigned work at Phase 2 Building No. 5 and had
reported for duty. The police came to the building for
the purpose of inquiry and took some watchmen from
there. On the next day, i.e., on 1st October 2013, he
went for a round but did not find the accused
appellant on duty. The accused appellant was
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