admitted having made inquiries from his neighbour, Devidas Kale, shop owner Raju Pukraj Choudhari and rickshaw driver Jaybhim Channappa Kamble and other female members in the crowd. All these witnesses stated that they had seen the little girl playing with the dog. He proved the spot panchnama. In the cross-examination, he admitted that the name of the accused appellant as a suspect was not mentioned in the complaint. He had gone to the chawl three times on 30th September, 2013, and his suspicion was on the accused appellant. He made the following important admission in his cross- examination: “On 03.10.2013 police recorded my supplementary statement in between 11.30 a.m. to 12.00 noon. Till that time nobody has stated that they had seen any person who took my daughter.” 42. Dipendrakumar Dhirendranath Shukla (PW-9) deposed in his evidence that he was working as a 31 Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022