had compelled her to depose in a particular manner. Inviting our attention to the documents on record, the learned senior counsel submitted that the evidence of PW-1 must be disbelieved. Inviting our attention to the evidence of PW-3, he submitted that there are material omissions and contradictions brought on record in his evidence. For example, he pointed out that according to PW-3, he was sitting in his shop when the assault on the deceased was made. In the cross-examination, he stated that he had not shown the shop to the Investigation Officer. In the cross-examination, he accepted that he did not see the incident from his shop. The learned senior counsel also pointed out that the mahazar of the site drawn by the Investigation Officer shows that the shop was not in existence. He also pointed out that paragraph 9 of his cross-examination shows that the prosecution could not establish the alleged motive. CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 467/2024 25. The learned counsel appearing for the State