The circumstances set up by the prosecution against the appel lant during the trial were (i) information to the police at 4.55 AM given by a neighbour and not the appellant; (ii) that information not specifically giving out that a murder had taken place and simply intimating happening of an incident; (iii) The accused having slept alone at night in the verandah with the deceased after having locked the collapsable door of that verandah from inside and that lock having been found in the corner of the back courtyard in the morning without being tampered with; (iv) The deceased and accused were last seen together, (v) The dogs of the Dog Squad having pointed out the accused after picking up scent from that lock; (vi) The ornaments which were stated to be on the person of the deceased while she was sleeping, and which were found missing when she was discovered dead having been recovered from the drain hole of the bath room attached to the bed room of the accused in consequence of and in pursuance of a disclousre statement made by the accused; (vii) injuries found on the person of the accused in the nature of abrasions, contusions and lastly; (viii) the accused having given false information to the police by means of hi s statement Ext.