HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 173/2025 Mukesh Kumar @ Mangej ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. SR Godara For Respondent(s) : Mr. Deepak Choudhary, AAG Mr. Urja Ram Kalbi, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVI CHIRANIA

Order

06/10/2025

1. This Court while hearing the present bail application noticed that the post-mortem report as filed with charge-sheet is not readable and further such handwritten documents are not readable not only for the Court but also for the counsels assisting the Court who are required to understand and explain its content. With a digital system in place for long, these kinds of documents being prepared in such a manner create hurdles in the administration of justice not only for the prosecution but also for the Court.

2. This Court called the learned AAG cum GA, Mr. Deepak Choudhary, in this regard and sought his assistance. The learned AAG informed that almost all documents which are prepared in criminal cases are duly prepared in a proper typed format, however, medical reports which include injury report, x-ray report, age determination report, sexual assault report, pregnancy report, different medical opinions, post-mortem report (PMR) are still prepared by the concerned doctors and medical jurists by hands, due to which these documents are not readable. He also, while assisting the Court submitted that in case these documents are prepared in duly typed manner similar to the manner in which FIR and other documents are prepared, then the same would be of great assistance only to the prosecution but also for the counsel for the accused as well as the Court hearing the cases. It is in the knowledge of this Court that this problem is not uncommon and almost all Courts in the country are facing the problem of not able to understand the medical reports, post mortem reports etc. for the common reason that they are pen down by the doctors in writing which is illegible in almost all cases.

3. Having faced the similar problem, the Punjab and Haryana High Court issued directions to the NIC-Haryana to facilitate computerization of MLR’s and PMR’s. In pursuance to the same, NIC-Haryana prepared a software which is in place for long and this software was brought to the notice of all State and Union Territories, Judicial Academy, State Judicial Academy through respective NIC-State/Union Territory Centres. Despite the system in place for long and having information about the above mentioned software the doctors in the State of Rajasthan are still preparing MLR and PMR by hand as mentioned above as the State Government has not made such software in State.

4. Before issuing directions in this regard to State of Rajasthan, this Court deems it appropriate to hear Principal Secretary, Medical Education, State of Rajasthan and the learned Advocate General to have assistance in the matter before issuing any directions. Copy of this order be served on Principal Secretary, Medical Education, State of Rajasthan for appearing before this Court through video conferencing as well as to learned Advocate General. List this case on 09.10.2025 at 10:30 a.m. at a first case.

5. For necessary order on the bail application, list this matter on 13.10.2025.

(RAVI CHIRANIA),J

4-Jatin/-