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4. When the deceased did not return home for two days his father Mulia Behera (P.W. 1) went to the house of the prisoner and enquired about his son. At his sight, his daughter-in-law Puna cried by covering her face with her cloth. Being asked about her husband she said that he had not come there. This aroused suspicion in the mind of P.W. 1 who went to Dasapalla Police Station and lodged a report (Ext. 2) on 2-2-1975 upon which a station diary entry was made by the Writer Constable (P.W. 9). He was directed by P.W. 9 to return to village Baghuapasi and to collect information about the deceased with the help of the two constables (P. Ws. 2 and 10) who had been posted there on patrol duty. Then P.W. 1 returned to village Baghuapasi and intimated the two constables who proceeded to the house of the prisoner and enquired about the deceased. It was alleged that while under arrest the prisoner made a statement before the constables that he had concealed the dead body of the deceased inside the stone cave of Kalasana forest. He led the police constables to the forest and pointed out the spot where the dead body was lying. P.W. 1 who accompanied the constables identified the dead body to be that of his son Sudarsan. Then the constables watched the dead body and sent the Gramarakhi (P.W. 6) with a report to be delivered at the Police Station. P.W. 13 B.N. Tripathy, the A.S.I. of Police received the report and treated it as F.I.R. He took up investigation and proceeded to the Kalasana forest. He found the dead body lying in the cave and held inquest over it, He despatched the dead body for post-mortem examination and recorded the statements of P. Ws. 1 and 2. Then he left for Baghuapasi. He seized a blood-stained wooden lathi (M.O.V.), a dhoti (M.O.X) and napkin (M.O.VIII) on production by the prisoner. He also seized a stick, some cloths and a plough-share on production by the accused Indramani Prusty. He further seized an up-rooted door leaf and a door frame (M. Os. III and IV) and some blood-stained earth from the wall of a room in occupation of the accused persons. Then he forwarded the accused persqns to the Court.