Penal Code, 1860–Sec. 302–Conviction–Sustainability–Witnesses named in FIR were declared hostile–Only evidence that the clothes and weapon recovered from/at the instance of the accused tested positive for the presence of the same blood group as that of the deceased–This evidence cannot complete the chain of circumstances–Prosecution was required to make efforts to get conducted serological/DNA comparision of the bloodstained articles so as to establish that the blood found on the clothes of the accused and weapon was that of the deceased–Appellant is entitled to be acquitted.


