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2. Incised wound on right parietal region obliquely placed from central middle to right side, of length 9cm x 1cm x bone deep. Brain matter is coming out from the wound.
3. Incised wound on right occipital region of size 3 x 1cm x bone deep. Dry blood present at the wound and in surrounding area.
4. Abrasion on right arm Post Lat of size 2 x 1cm in U 1/3rd.
5. Bruise on right arm Post Lat of size 12 x 3cm in middle part.
6. Bruise on right side abdomen Ant-Lat of size 20 x 4cm.
7. Bruise on right thigh Post of size 12 x 2cm in upper part.
8. Bruise on right hip of size 12 x 2cm.
9. Abrasion on right hip Lat of size 8 x cm.
10. Abrasion on right hip 3 x cm, 2cm below injury No.9
11. Abrasion left iliac crust of size 3 x 7cm.
12. Bruise on right shoulder in upper part 12 x 2cm obliquely placed.
13. Bruise on right shoulder 10 x 4cm just below injury no.12.
14. Bruise on right shoulder in 30 x 20cm area just below injury no.13.
15. Bruise on left hip of size 13 x 2cm.
16. Bruise on left hip of size 8 x 4cm just below injury no.15.

Apart from that law, such minor omissions in the postmortem-report would have no adverse bearing on the prosecution case in view of the direct evidence by way of statement of prosecution eye witnesses, above referred to medical evidence, recovery of deadly weapons and corroboration of the use thereof from nature of injuries. We, therefore, reject this argument.

Examination of the record reveals that most of the injuries and to be more specific, all the fatal injuries, suffered by the deceased were incised wounds caused by sharp edged weapons. This can also be said of all injuries suffered by three seriously injured, namely, Gagan Singh, Kuldeep Singh and Mahendra Singh, which were grievous in nature, in view of the statements of the Doctors, who operated upon them. 11 out of 15 injuries found on the person of deceased Preetam Singh, being incised wounds, were caused by sharp edged weapons and of remaining four, two were bruises, one abrasion and last one was lacerated wound, as evident from his postmortem-report Exhibit P-163. Deceased Birju Singh received ten injuries, as per his postmortem-report (Exhibit P-164). Out of them, seven injuries were incised wounds caused by sharp edged weapon, and two injuries were bruises and one was abrasion. Deceased Darshan Singh, however, received twenty-three injuries as per his postmortem-report (Exhibit P-170). Ten of these injuries were bruises, whereas other ten were abrasions, but the injuries no.1, 2 and 3 on head, which proved fatal as per the cause of death assigned by the Medical Board, were incised wound caused by sharp edged weapon. Injury no.1 was on left side of parietal region obliquely placed from central mid line to left side, length of which was 8cm and width was 1 cm, depth was upto bone. Injury no.2 was on right parietal region obliquely placed from central middle to right side, which was of length 9cm x 1cm x bone deep. Brain matter was coming out from the wound. Third injury was on right occipital region of size 3 x 1cm x bone deep. Dry blood was present at the wound and in surrounding area.

Adverting now to other thirteen injured, (1) Thakur Singh sustained one simple injury, being swelling with pain, vide injury-report Exhibit P-33. (2) Bagh Singh sustained three injuries, two abrasions and once incised wound, vide injury-report Exhibit P-39. (3) Roshan Singh sustained one simple injury vide Exhibit P-40, being complaint of pain. (4) Manindra Singh sustained five injuries vide injury-report Exhibit P-49, which were simple in nature. (5) Karan Singh sustained five injuries vide injury-report Exhibit-56, which were simple in nature. (6) Pintu Singh received three injuries vide injury-report (Exhibit P-57), which were simple in nature. (7) Gurvindra Singh sustained two injuries vide injury-report (Exhibit P-58), which were simple in nature. (8) Rajendra Singh sustained two simple injuries vide injury-report Exhibit P-59. (9) Balvindra Singh received one injury vide injury-report Exhibit P-60, which was complaint of pain over body. (10) Surjeet Singh had swelling with pain, which is clear from his injury-report Exhibit P-61. (11) Babban Singh received four injuries, three being swelling with pain and one abrasion, which is clear from his injury-report Exhibit P-65. (12) Smt. Surmi Kaur sustained two bruises, which is clear from the injury-report Exhibit P-166. (13) Baljeet Kaur received two injuries, one being bruise and another was complaint of pain with swelling, which is clear from injury-report Exhibit P-167. For one or two injuries of some of the injured, the opinion was kept reserved to await their X-ray examination. Dr. Atul Gaur (PW-22) has proved the injury-reports of all the aforesaid injured, except Baljeet Kaur, whose injury-report Exhibit P-167, has been proved by Dr. M.C. Gupta (PW-23). According to their statements, all the injured sustained simple injuries and after X-ray examination only injured Babban Singh was found to have fracture of a lower half of right forearm.