16 was confirmed in the evidence of PW3, who when she noticed that there was going to be a fight between the deceased and the accused, tried hard to discourage her friend and classmate, the accused to let go off the personal grudge which she apparently harboured against the deceased. PW3's efforts to pursuade the accused, not to carry out the objective to fight with the deceased, failed. This factor, the existence of conflict between these two girls, is another one that goes to extenuate the gravity of this offence. Mitigation for Sentence All the factors discussed in extenuation, apply equally in mitigation as well. They shall be so considered. The offence for which this accused was charged and convicted is a very serious one. The address in mitigation by the defence counsel dealt mostly with the factors which took place after the commission of this offence. Immediately after stabbing the deceased, this accused took off from the scene of the crime. She ran to her home where she returned the knife into the suitcase perhaps reported to her grandmother what she had done. She continued in her flight from the village where she returned the next day. She had hid in the forest where she spent the night. But the next day she handed herself over to the appropriate authority. This self surrender to the authorities contributes towards the realisation and acknowledgement of the wrong she had committed. The sense of