36.Further, to make matters even worse for the
prosecution, there are key deficiencies in the
investigation and the evidentiary value of the alleged
recoveries remains questionable. Neither the arrest of
the Accused nor the alleged recovery of the
bloodstained clothes and the weapon (purportedly
based on the disclosure statement of the Accused) is
supported by any independent witness. While the
recovery may not be wholly discarded due to the lack
of a supporting witness, however, it undoubtedly
becomes highly questionable, especially with the
factum of long delay of two months in the discovery
being effected.