Harjit Singh Bedi, J.

1. This appeal arises out of the following facts :-

Kishan Chand (deceased) a resident of village Pinangwan, was a Goldsmith by profession. On January 22, 1991 he left for village Ramgarh to meet his brother-in-law but did not return thereafter. On January 27, 1991, P-4 Giani Ram, Kishan Chands son heard a rumour that a skeleton was lying in the fields of one Jagdish in Village Punhana. On receiving this information, Giani Ram aforesaid, his younger brother, Dayalu and uncle, Paras Ram, went to that place and found the skeleton lying in the fields with a Kurta, Pyjama, Safi, Sweater, Banian, Shoe and socks lying near the skeleton. Giani Ram identified the clothes as having been worn by his father when he had left the house on January 22, 1991. On inquiry, Giani Ram also received information that Ramesh had seen Kishan Chand alongwith Teka son of Ram Chand resident of village Pinangwan, going towards the Safeda trees and that the two had taken liquor together in the house of Puran son of Buli. This information was furnished to the police and an F.I.R. was recorded on January 27, 1991 and the apprehension was also expressed therein that as Kishan Chand h