“ 12. Shri P.S.Mann, Senior Advocate, counsel for the appellant, has argued that there is unexplained delay in the lodging of the report. The contents of the intestines of Himmat Singh deceased suggest that he had died early in the morning before sunrise. The report was lodged at noontime. It has been wrongly shown to have been lodged at 10.25 a.m. The report reached the hands of the learned Magistrate at Ludhiana, itself at 1.50 p.m. The Courts are not far away from Police Station, Division No.6. There is no explanation whatsoever for this delay in lodging the report. There is merit in this contention. Even according to the prosecution witnesses, the occurrence took place at about 6 a.m. According to Rachhpal Singh, he made a statement at 10 a.m., i.e., four hours after the incident. It could not have taken such a long time for Rachhpal Singh to travel a distance of a kilometre or so. Further, if the report has been actually recorded at 10.25 a.m., it would have reached the learned Magistrate within 15 or 20 minutes. Though delay in lodging a