accused appellant. Blood stained soil and blood stained stone slabs were recovered from room No. 2. 12. As per the prosecution case, the accused appellant confessed before the Investigating Officer (PW-18) that he had committed the crime with the child victim in the said room. The lungi of the accused appellant was allegedly blood-stained, and the shoes had some soil/mud stuck in their sole. The Investigating Officer (PW-18) also claims to have collected blood samples of the accused appellant for DNA profiling. The forensic science laboratory (FSL) report10 concludes that the source of blood on the lungi could not be identified. The DNA profiling tests, conducted using the blood of the accused appellant and the DNA samples collected from the child’s body, did not lead to any conclusive opinion. 10 Exh. 99. 9 Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022