the accused had killed his own mother by hacking her with an axe. The fact that the incident took place inside the dwelling house of the deceased and the accused is amply established from the testimonies of PWs-1, 2, 3 and 5. Moreover, PW-1, who is the father of the accused and the husband of the victim, has clearly stated that he had seen the accused coming out of the house with an axe in his hand. It has also come out from the testimony of PW-1 that while coming out of the house, the accused had told the PW-1 that he had killed his mother and would now proceed to the thana. From the evidence of PW-6 it transpires that the accused had in fact gone to the thana with an axe and surrendered before the police. Not only that, it also appears that the accused had surrendered almost immediately after the occurrence as the PW-6 has stated that he had seized the axe from the accused even before he had reached the place of occurrence. The version of PW-1 not only supports the narrative contained in the confessional statement (Ext-6) but also finds due corroboration from the testimony of PW-6 in so far as it relates to the conduct of the accused immediately after the occurrence took place. Moreover, during the crossexamination of PW-1, the defence side did not make any attempt to assail the testimony of PW-1 that the accused had confessed to killing his mother by an axe. Therefore, although we find that PW-1 is not an eye-witness to the incident but the said witness appears to have reached home immediately after the occurrence and thereafter, had witnessed the accused come out of the house after killing his mother.
