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29. It is argued that the conduct of P.W. 3 is very strange as he did not go to the house of the deceased and inform the parents of the deceased about the incident. P.W. 3 deposed that after witnessing the incident, he went to his own house and slept there as he was terrified. He deposed that on the next day also he did not inform the relatives of the deceased that he had seen the incident. He further deposed that he went to the residence of the deceased, but he did not tell about the incident to any person he met at the house of the deceased. But, he deposed that he had told about the incident to a number of persons on the date of Incident itself. The learned Senior Counsel Sri. Janardhana Kurup relied on the decision reported in Maruti Rama Naik v. State of Maharashtra to argue that the unusual behaviour of a witness will make his evidence untrustworthy. In Maruti Ram Naik's case (supra) it was held as follows :--