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15. Learned counsel for the appellant has relied upon two decisions, AIR 1954 SC 28 (Sunderlal v. State of Madhya Pradesh) and AIR 1957 SC 589 (Bhagwan Das and Anr. v. State of Rajasthan). In the said decision of Bhagwandas, it has been held that where the opinions of authors were neither shown to have been given in regard to circumstances exactly similar to those in the particular case before Court nor were they put to the medical witness, it is not a satisfactory way of disposing of the evidence of the witness, to discredit it on the ground that the doctor was a comparatively young man and his statements did not accord with the opinions expressed in the books. Reliance was placed by Hon'ble Supreme Court on its previous decision in the case of Sunderlal v. State of M.P. (AIR 1954 SC 28) in which it was held that drawing conclusion adverse to the accused by relying upon such passages in the absence of medical witness is not permissible. But in the instant case, Doctor's opinion itself is not based on objectivity and he has opined just on the basis of non-erection in the normal circumstance. It may be seen that there are various causes for the impotency. Impotency is generally at the extremes of age. Boys are considered to be sexually potent at the age of puberty, which usually occurs at the fifteenth or sixteenth year. Sexual intercourse is however, possible at about the thirteenth or fourteenth year, as the power of coitus commences earlier and ceases later than the power or procreation. The changes that occur in a boy at puberty are the development of the genital organs, the ability to secrete semen, the growth of hair on the pubes, axillae and chin, and the increase in size of the larynx leading to the deepening of the pitch of the voice. When examining an individual for sexual capacity, the medical jurist should depend more on physical development than on age alone. Modi has mentioned in the chapter relating to the impotence that "As age advances, the power of sexual intercourse and procreation diminishes, but no limit can be assigned even legally at which this power ceases, as men of eighty years and over have been known to have begotten children. In October, 1924, Modi referred a case to Dr. Mukherjee where he found spermatozoa in a man of about ninety years of age." Doctor has not opined that there was any malformation. The male organ was fully developed. No abnormality was found in the penis. Thus, accused was capable of performing sexual intercourse and Doctor has not stated that the accused could not perform sexual intercourse on the date of incident. Testicles were present that also show that the accused was potent. No local disease has been found by the Doctor which may have caused impotency. No marked diseases of the penis or of the testicles, such as orchitis following mumps, syphilis, cancer and tuberculosis, which may lead to impotence or sterility or both was found. Inflammatory affections of the testicles, epididymis prostatic gland and seminal vesicles of gonorrhoeal origin are frequent causes of impotence and sterility. The other causes have been reported by Modi in its book to the cause of impotence such as Endocrine disturbances etc. Sometime impotency may be of specific or temporary. A temporary absence of desire for sexual intercourse may result from fear, anxiety, guilt sense, timidity, aversion, hypochondriasis, excessive passion and sexual over-indulgence. Persons with homosexual tendencies may be impotent. Sometimes, an individual may be impotent with one particular woman, but, not with another. Thus, it is a case where material is lacking. Thus, the medical opinion as to impotency of accused has no value and has to be rejected. 16. It may be seen that meaning of 'sexual intercourse' has been further considered by the Supreme Court in case of Madan Gopal Kakkad (supra) in Paras 38, 39, 41, 42 and 43 which read as under :--