Dead body of deceased- Mangal Singh was found at an open place on 7.10.2009. Merg intimation (Ex, P/1) and First Information Report (FIR Ex. P/10) were lodged. The FIR was made against unknown person. The Investigating Officer reached to the place of oecurrence, gave notice (Ex. P/2) to the Panchas and prepared inquest (Ex.P/4)on the dead body of the deceased. The dead body was sent for postmortemtoCommunityHealthCentre (CHC),Bhanpuri. The postmortem examination was conducted by Dr. K.S. Paikara (PW-8), who noticed multiple serious injuries on the dead body of the deceased and opined fhat the cause of death was shock on account of complications of the injuries of head and it was homicidal in nature. The postmortem report is Ex. P/1 1. The case of the prosecution is that on 9.10.2009, a village Panchayat was convened and in the said Panchayat, the appellant made extra judicial confession that he had committed murder of the deceased. Thereafter, the appellant was taken into custody and his memorandum statement (Ex. P/6) underSection27 of the Evidence Act was recorded and Gagada (fitted with wooden handle) and Danda were seized at the instanceof the appellant vide seizure memos Ex. P/7 and Ex. P/8. The seized articles were sent for chemical examination to Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Raipur, from where, a report (Ex. P/25) was received. Aceording to the FSL
