skin decease and on the fateful night when he called her to have sex, her comment about his skin decease and the child birth had infuriated him. The accused had tortured his wife both mentally and physically suspecting her fidelity. That was reported by the deceased Essakkiammal, to her mother PW-1 even on the day prior to the occurrence. On 05.07.2015 night, the accused infuriated by the comment of his wife, attacked her indiscriminately with knife. He had thrown his 6 months old daughter in the water drum and killed her. The knife and blood stained clothes concealed by the accused were recovered on his confession in the presence of witnesses. The accused who was with his wife and daughter before the incident and fled from the house on 06.07.2015 early morning, immediately after their death, was absconding till his arrest on 20.07.2015. Though PW-3 to PW-6 turned hostile, the accused being the husband and father of the persons who were found dead in his house is bound to explain and have the exclusive knowledge about what happened within the four walls on that night. The only explanation given by way of suggestion to the prosecution witness is that he was not in the house on that night, he and his parents left to Tiruchendur. Only on his return, he came to know about the death of his wife and daughter. In the absence of evidence to probablise this explanation
