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(a)The statement of the appellant Ex.p5 and Ex.P6 during the departmental enquiry does not indicate any threat or sign of force exerted on the maker of the statement. The voluntariness could be easily seen from the conduct of the maker, who has consented to give a signed statement in the presence of notary public besides a unsigned statement. He never retracted his statement till he was questioned under Section 313 Cr.P.C. Even then, he had not stated how and by what manner his statement was not a voluntary one or which part of his statement is not true.