IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD
Manish Kumar, J.
Satish – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. and Others – Respondents
Bail No. 5999 of 2021
Decided On : 24-08-2021
Indian Penal Code, 1860 - Sections 363, 342, 376 - POCSO Act - Section ¾ - Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 - Section 164A - Seeking enlargement on bail – Offence of Rape – Medical examination of victim of rape - Learned counsel for applicant during the course of argument had drawn attention of this Court to medical report of the victim to establish that nothing has been come out from medical report which could support ocular evidence - Held, Principal Secretary (Medical Health) and Director General (Medical Health) are directed to issue circular to all Chief Medical Officers of State of Uttar Pradesh directing the medical officers to strictly comply the provisions of Cr.P.C. and particularly Section 164A(2) and (3) Cr.P.C. while submitting medical report and their provisional/primary opinion - This Court has noticed that in most of the cases, provisional opinion is always given by the doctors, who have clinically examined the victims. It is for first time when such flimsy report has come before this Court - Principal Secretary (Medical Health) and Director General (Medical Health) are directed to issue circular to all Chief Medical Officers of the State of Uttar Pradesh directing the medical officers to strictly comply provisions of Cr.P.C. and particularly Section 164A(2) and (3) Cr.P.C. while submitting the medical report and their provisional/primary opinion - Bail application listed.
ORDER :
1. By means of this bail application, the applicant seeks enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 237 of 2021, under Sections 363, 342, 376 of the Indian Penal Code and under Section 3/4 of the POCSO Act, Police Station Pihani, District Hardoi.
2. When the case was taken up on 16.08.2021, the learned counsel for the applicant during the course of argument had drawn attention of this Court to the medical report of the victim to establish that nothing has been come out from the medical report which could support the ocular evidence.
3. The Court is surprised on perusing the medical report that doctor has not written anything relevant in the report but also in the column namely Provisional/Primary Medical Opinion, only the height and weight etc of the victim has been written.
4. This Court vide its order dated 16.08.2021 has directed the appearance of the concerned doctor, who had conducted the medical examination of the victim.
5. Today, Dr. Smita Singh, who has conducted the medical examination of the victim is present in the Court.
6. On being inquired as to why, she did not give any provisional opinion in the Column no. 23 regarding the alleged offence in the FIR, she stated that the opinion could only be given after receiving the supplementary report. For convenience, Column No. 23 filled by the doctor in the present case is being quoted hereunder:-
7. Dr. Smita Singh has stated that opinion in Column No. 23 could only be given after receiving the investigation reports, the said contention of Dr. Smita Singh is not acceptable. The provisional/Primary opinion is to be given without waiting for the investigation reports. After the investigation reports, supplementary report is to be followed and that is why column of Provisional/Primary opinion is prior to the supplementary report. The Provisional/Primary opinion is to be given as per the clinical examination of the victim.
8. Learned AGA has drawn the attention of this Court to the Section 164A(3) Cr.P.C. wherein it has been provided that the report shall state precisely the reasons for each conclusion arrived at. He also produced a copy of the medical report format from the file of some other case where there is a specific column providing to give report as per Section 164A(2) and (3) Cr.P.C. The Section 164A Cr.P.C. is being quoted hereunder:-
(1) Where, during the stage when an offence of committing rape or attempt to commit rape is under investigation, it is proposed to get the person of the woman with whom rape is alleged or attempted to have been committed or attempted, examined by a medical expert, such examination shall be conducted by a registered medical practitioner employed in a hospital run by the Government or a local authority and in the absence of such a practitioner, by any other registered medical practitioner, with the consent of such woman or of a person competent to give such consent on her behalf and such woman shall be sent to such registered medical practitioner within twenty-four hours from the time of receiving the information relating to the commission of such offence.
(2) The registered medical practitioner, to whom such woman is sent, shall, without delay, examine her person and prepare a report of his examination giving the following particulars, namely:--
(i) the name and address of the woman and of the person by whom she was brought;
(ii) the age of the woman;
(iii) the description of material taken from the person of the woman for DNA profiling;
(iv) marks of injury, if any, on the person of the woman;
(v) general mental condition of the woman; and
(vi) other material particulars in reasonable detail.
(3) The report shall state precisely the reasons for each conc
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