26. P.W. 4, in her evidence, has stated that when her son, Shashi Bhushan Singh, went to save his father, he was caught by the accused Radha Devi, Shyam Sundar Singh and Suchitra Kumari. However, P.W. 9, the Investigating Officer of this case, has stated, at paragraph 29 of his evidence, that P.W. 4 did not make any such statement before him that when Shashi Bhushan Singh had gone to save his father, he was caught by accused Shyam Sunder Singh, Radha Devi and Suchitra Kumari. P.W. 4, in her evidence, has stated that she saw the occurrence by peeping through the window of her room. However, when her attention was drawn that before police, she had stated that after seeing the occurrence from the window, she, in fact, went to the place of occurrence, where she saw the incident, she made an evasive reply. Again, as regards statement before the police, she has deposed that she does not remember whether she had stated that the appellant assaulted her son on the left thigh or not. Further-more, P.W.4, in her statement before the Police, did not state that P.W. 2 and P.W. 3 were present at the place of occurrence, whom she tried to introduce subsequently as eye witnesses to the occurrence to improve the prosecution’s case.
