"സ�ജ� ദത�മസ. ന/ളതനമല�ഞ. കഷണ� ഉള ആള�ണ.. അ/�. 45 /യസ. പ�യ� ഉണ.. അ/ന� /&ട. ചങ��ദ;ര� ന/ലര�ല�ണ..” As noted, the evidence given by PW1 was t hat he recognised the dead body based on the features on the left side of the face, forehead, and hairs. If as a matter of fact, the insertion aforesa id in the First Information Report is a subsequent one, there was no necessity at all to make such an insertion which recites that the deceased was a fair and lean man, that he was aged about 45 years and that he belongs to Velloor. In other words, as found by the Court of Session, the insertion can only be treated as one made at the time of preparation of the document itself, after noti cing that the features of the person concerned was omitted to be included in the First Information Statement initially. In addition to PW1, PW13, the witness to the inquest report also deposed that Siji Thomas is a person known to him and that he was present when the inquest of his dead body was held by the police. The sa id evidence let in by PW13 has also not been challenged by the counsel for the first
