[h] On 23.04.2003, he recorded the statement of Dr.Sundarraj [P.W.11] and Shanmugam [P.W.12]. On 25.04.2003, he recorded the statement of Mylsamy [P.W.7] and Punjab Palnisamy [P.W.14]. On 27.04.2003 he arrested Kanagaraj [A4] around 19.00 hrs and recorded his confession statement, in the presence of Rangasamy [not examined] and Alagu Pichai [P.W.10]. From the confession statement given by Kanagaraj [A4], he learnt about Arockiyasamy [A1], Velankani [A2] and Suresh [A3]. On the admissible portion of the confession statement of Kanagaraj [A4], the Investigating Officer recovered gold bangles [a part of M.O.3 series] under the cover of Mahazar [Ex.P8]. He also recovered the jeans pant [M.O.15] and Shirt [M.O.16] that was allegedly worn by Kanagaraj [A4] at the time of incident and these items were found to contain blood stains. The recovery was done under the cover of Mahazar [Ex.P9]. On 30.04.2013 around 11.30 a.m. Arockiyasamy [A1] and Jayaseelan Baskaran [A5] were arrested by the police and in the presence of witnesses Shanmugam [P.W.12] and Sakthivel [not examined], the confession statements of Arockiyasamy [A1] and Jayaseelan Baskaran [A5] were recorded. Based on the admissible portion of the confession statement of Arockiyasamy [A1], the police seized a blood stained shirt [M.O.18] and the blood stained knife [M.O.17], gold bangles [M.O.3 series] and a watch [M.O.1]. It appears that from the confession statement of Arockiyasamy [A1], the police also recovered the dead body of one Martin, in respect of whose death, a case in Perur Police Station was already registered.
