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12. On the other hand PW 23 Dr. Shahapurkar stated before the trial Court that he had treated deceased Laxman in his hospital till his demise on 10/11/1985 at about 4.20 p.m. As per him, clinically the cause of Laxman's death was secondary brain stem failure and brain stem failure would not be primarily because of the said external injury but the said brain stem failure is likely to be associated with internal injury or associated with other disease. As there was pace maker, that means his cardiac status was not normal. He further stated that Laxman was in his hospital and in spite of the pace maker, his cardiac status was very good. This opinion of the expert i.e. Dr.Shahapurkar - PW 23 ruled out the possibility of Laxman's death on account of failure of pace maker and, therefore, the opinion given by PW 9 - Dr. Ghatge in his cross-examination regarding the cause of death of Laxman - "possibility of death because of the failure of pace maker could not be ruled out in the present case", does not weaken the prosecution case that Laxman died on account of the injuries he had sustained in the assault inflicted on him on 26/10/1985. His death is attributed to the said injuries, as has been proved by the prosecution beyond reasonable doubt.