accused appellant resided. He submitted that the prosecution was under a burden to establish that the mud/soil of this kind was not to be found anywhere else except in and around the pond, from where the dead body of child victim was recovered. He thus urged that unless the prosecution excluded this possibility by adducing proper evidence, the FSL report would remain vague and inconclusive. 24. Shri Basant concluded his submissions by urging that the prosecution has miserably failed to prove a complete and unbreached chain of incriminating circumstances, by leading reliable evidence, and hence, the accused appellant is entitled to be acquitted by giving him the benefit of doubt. Submissions on behalf of the respondent State: 25. Per contra, Ms. Rukhmini Bobde, learned standing counsel for the State of Maharashtra, 19 Criminal Appeal No(s). 1954-1955 of 2022