The circumstances clearly establish that the accused was employed in the hotel and used to sleep in the hotel and on the night of occurrence, both the deceased and the accused were alone in the hotel.
The evidence of PW1, PW2 and PW3 in this regard are clear, companyent and credible.
The appellant was arrested long after the incident, i.e., on 29.11.1998 and was absconding during the aforesaid period.
Additionally, the accused and the deceased were last seen together on the previous night.
the police were able to recover M.O.I. the wooden stick allegedly used for beating the deceased Kuttappan from a particular place in the hotel premises on the basis of the statement of the accused while he was in custody the evidence of PW1, PW2 and PW3 and PW12 .
