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,
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