Judgment

AYYANGAR, JJ. -

( 1 ) THIS is an appeal on a certificate under Art. 134 (1) (c) against the conviction of the appellant under S. 302, Indian Penal code and the sentence for imprisonment for life passed against him for the said offence.

( 2 ) ONE Pancham Sukla was an employee under the Calcutta Port Commissioner where also the appellant was employed. Pancham attended office last on the 10th of March, 1960 and at about 5. 30 that evening he was seen in the company of the appellant. That was the last time he was seen alive and since then he has not been found. Pancham not having returned to his house his brother-in-law and another lodged a report with the police stating that pancham had been missing for the previous two days and in the said report gave a description of the missing person as well as the clothes that he wore at the time he left his residence. The fact that pancham was last seen with the appellant was stated in a further report which the brother-in-law lodged with the police on the next day 13/03/1960. The appellant was arrested on 21/03/1960 and on interrogation by the police he stated that Pancham Sukla was dead and admitted that he had buried the body of the d