appellant was unexceptionally from the location from
where the dead body of the child victim was
recovered, then the Investigating Officer (PW-18)
should have collected soil samples from the other
places frequented by the accused appellant. Then
only the possibility of the soil not being from any
other place visited by the accused appellant could
have been excluded.
74. In any event, even if it is held that the soil/mud
found on the shoes of the accused appellant tallied
with the soil found in the pond, that would be just an
indication of the fact that the accused appellant may
have visited the area surrounding the pond at some
point of time. This, by itself, would not incriminate
the accused appellant in any manner.
75. Resultantly, we conclude: -
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Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022
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