and she was immediately removed to the hut of one Inamulla who was a neighbour. She was laid on a chatai. Someone brought a Rikshaw. She was brought down to the Eastern Express Highway and removed to Rajawadi Hospital where she was declared dead before admission. It seems that at the said time the telephone lines were out of order and hence the Complainant was advised to go to Pant Nagar, Police Station and lodge a complaint, which he did. In his complaint, he has named the accused as the person who had stabbed his wife. The Police thereafter visited the Rajawadi Hospital and inquest was carried out. The clothes on the person of the Sharda were seized. The body of Sharda was sent for postmortem. The Police visited the place of offence and carried out Panchanama. The blood stained Chatai and scrapping were seized. The blood stained clothes of the Complainant were also seized. The accused was arrested. The accused whilst in Police custody volunteered to show the place where the knife was concealed. The statement of the accused was recorded as a memorandum which the two Panchas signed. The accused led the Police and the Panchas to the spot i.e. Timber shop on the Eastern Express Highway, Near Ramabai Colony and behind the Timber shop he took out a knife from the gap and handed over the same to the Police. The knife was packed, labeled, sealed and seized under the Panchanama drawn in continuation of the memorandum earlier drawn at
