- Murder case — bail matter — contradictory findings of doctor — effect of — in the post-mortem report, the findings of the concerned doctor are also contradictory in nature as on one hand he has written that both legs of the dead body were broken, and on the other hand he has written that his right leg was broken from mid area and left leg was missing below knee joint. Held: Prima-facie this contradiction supports the version of the accused and makes the case doubtful. Sudheer Shah alias Kala Shah v. The State and another 2016 SCR 1653 (G)
- —delay in making post-mortem and preparation of its report—as well as report of chemical examiner—attacked by the convict-appellant—Held: as FIR had been lodged after a period of two months from the commission of offence, whereupon, the body was exhumed. Though, the body was decomposed but the sufficient material/sample was taken by the doctor for the purpose of chemical analysis and the report of the Chemical Examiner was also positive. The opinion of the doctor as well as the report of the Chemical Examiner corroborated the manner of the occurrence and death by administering the poison to the deceased in the light of the view expressed by Modi’s Medical Jurisprudence and Toxicology. Nusrat Jan v. The State & another 2020 SCR 630 (F)
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