was frequent vehicular traffic. A perusal of Exhibit ka-3 in the present case clearly shows that the accused was arrested by police personnel during a vehicle check on the road in front of Atlas Kresar at approximately 22:20. However, the report does not mention any search for a public witness. In this regard, PW-2, the complainant, stated that there is light in Kresar and that gravel vehicles frequently ply on the road leading to the incident, but this stops at night. P.W.-4 stated in his examination-in-chief that no members of the public had come because it was night. In his cross-examination, he stated that the patrolled road is constantly vehicular, and gravel loading continues day and night. Thus, it is important to note that the police personnel stated that the vehicle checking would be conducted on the road near the incident site. It follows from common sense that there would be vehicular traffic there. Furthermore, the incident site is shown to be near Kresar at night. This leads to the conclusion that there must have been vehicular traffic at the incident site. Witness P.W.-4 stated it has been admitted that vehicles regularly travel on the guarded road. The Investigating Officer, P.W.-3, stated in his cross-examination that saffron trees are planted near the crime scene. Trucks move throughout the night. It is true that trucks loaded with goods leave for Lucknow, Kanpur, and Allahabad at night. I have not included the names of the public witnesses in the witness list, nor have I recorded their statements in the case diary. Exhibit ka-3 and the witnesses' statements reveal no evidence that they made any effort to obtain public testimony. However, the mere fact that the prosecution witnesses are police officers will not erode the entire prosecution narrative. Although, the prosecution witnesses are police officers, there are no major contradictions in their statements that would render their evidence unreliable, especially when the accused himself has admitted his presence at the crime scene and the fact that police officers conducted the checking. There is no contradiction in the statement of the witness police personnel which requires public witness to corroborate his evidence.
