JASPAL SINGH Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) JASPAL Singh a Medical Officer of P.C.M.S. Class-II, District Patiala has moved the present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying that the adverse observations made by Shri S.S. Tiwana, Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala, while delivering judgment in the case arising out of FIR No. 20 dated 12-6-1985 of Police Station, Julkan for offences under Sections 307/323 read with Sections 148 and 149 of the Indian Penal Code, on 22-9-1988 be expunged.

(2.) THE strictures recorded by the Additional Sessions Judge, Patiala in the aforesaid judgment, which find mention in para No. 7 of the present petition, are reproduced hereunder :-

(3.) THERE is very important piece of evidence which naturally prompted the petitioner-Medical Officer to record that injuries could result from a fire arm inasmuch as PW 1 Dr. Gandarn Singh, Radiologist of Rajindra Hospital, Patiala, who conducted the X-ray examination of the injured persons had specifically observed that there were dense radio opaque foreign body resembling pellets as per X-ray examination reports Ex. PA, PB and PC which were recorded by him. These observations of this Radiologist relate to Jaswant Singh, Hakam Singh and Gurdev Kaur the three injured, of which a detailed mention finds in para No. 5 of the judgment of the trial Court.