connection with the case in Crime No.324 of 2003 on the file Gummidipoondi Pollice Station. P.W.41, therefore, made a request to the judicial Magistrate, Alandur, for issuance of P.T. Warrant for the production of A1 before the said court. Accordingly, he was produced. On an application made by P.W.41, A1 was entrusted to the custody of the police on 06.10.2003 at 06.00 p.m. On the same day, while in police custody, A1 gave a voluntary confession in the presence of P.W.17 and one Mr.Perumal. In the said voluntary confession, A1 made certain disclosure statements which later on led to the discovery of certain relevant facts. In pursuance of the said disclosure statement, A1, at 02.45 a.m. on 07.10.2003, took the police and the witnesses to Room No.26 of Students Hostel at New College, Royapettah and identified A2. P.W.41 in the presence of the same witnesses arrested A2. While in custody, A2 also gave a voluntary confession P.W.41 recorded the same in the presence of the same witnesses. Then, A1 and A2 took the police and the witnesses to the students hostel at 3rd street, Kailasapuram, Mylapore, where they identified A3. On the same day at 04.00 a.m. P.W.41 arrested A3 also in the presence of the same witnesses. On such arrest A3 gave a voluntary confession in which he made certain disclosure statements. In pursuance of the same, certain relevant facts were later on discovered.