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3. The prosecution relied upon only circumstantial evidence, namely, confessional statements of the accused leading to recovery of various incriminating materials. Ex.P-6 is the statement leading to recovery of Travel bags (M.Os.2 & 3), knife (M.O.5), wooden log (M.O.28), rubber gloves (M.O.29 series) cotton rope with human hair (M.O.30 series), two sponges soaked with blood (M.O.31 series), bloodstained blue colour jean pant (M.O.32), bloodstained white banian (M.O.33), colour banian (M.O.34), bloodstained grey colour pant (M.O.35), bloodstained pillow (M.O.36), plastic bucket, (M.O.37) from the house of P.W.3. Ex.P-8 is the statement leading to recovery of computer and its accessories (M.Os.6 to 17) from the house of P.W.15, a classmate of the accused. Ex.P-10 is the statement relating to jewelleries, ultimately leading to recovery of gold ingots (M.O.18 series) from the house of P.W.19 on the basis of other connecting statements of P.W.17 and P.W.18. These three statements, Exs.P.6, P-8 and P-10 dated 26.4.2003, were made before P.W.40 in the presence of P.W.22 and C.W.1. The other confessional statement Ex.P-12 dated 22.9.20003 made before P.W.42 and Subbiah and P.W.24, led to recovery of "M" dollar (M.O.38) and key with key chain (M.O.39) from the toilet in the room of the accused. The prosecution has also relied upon the alleged motive to the effect that the accused urgently wanted money with a view to increase his marks in mathematics and, therefore, the accused had stolen articles belonging to the deceased.