first time when it was put to him in cross examination. Before that, he had no occasion to see either Ext.B1 or a copy of it. Respondent No.1 gave evidence as PW1 and claimed that his father Ramankutty executed Ext.B1 in sound health, in body and mind. DWs.2 and 3 are one of the attesting witness and the scribe respectively of Ext.B1. They stated about the due execution and attestation of the Will. It is also their evidence that testator was in sound disposing state of mind at the relevant time. DW3, the scribe claimed that the deceased had been known to him for quite sometime and that it is as per instructions given by the deceased that he prepared draft of the Will and the original after getting approval from the deceased. Respondents have also produced Exts.B1 and B2 as to prove that deceased was in sound disposing state of mind at the relevant time. It has come in evidence through Exts.A1 to A12 and X1 that the deceased was admitted in the hospital on 12-07-1994, discharged on 09-07-1994, again admitted on 31-07-1994, underwent surgery for Ulcer on 04-08-1994 and was discharged thereafter on 10-08-1994. He was again admitted on 1101-1996 for vomiting, malena etc. Endoscopy was done on 19-01-1996 and he was discharged. That evidence only revealed physical ailment of the deceased and has nothing to do with his sound disposing state of mind at the time of Ext.B1. It is also relevant to note that it was after the hospitalisation and treatment including operation that the deceased executed Exts.B16 and B18, settlement deeds in favour of
