ascertaining her age and, therefore, the bone age
ossification test of victim was got conducted and as per such report, the
age of the victim ... whether,
while determining the age of the victim, the benefit of doubt in
age estimated by the bone ossification test
Hospital. He further deposed that he was also a member of
Age Estimation Board and he signed the report of age estimation in the present ... have been filled by the IO. He admitted that only the estimate age
of the candidate could be assessed by the Board.
Digitally
signed
years of age.
28. At this juncture, we may usefully refer to an
article "A study of wrist ossification for age estimation in
paediatric ... teeth and
ossification at wrist joint provide valuable data for age
estimation in children.
[Ref. : Parikh C.K. Parikh's Textbook of
Medical Jurisprudence
Veeresha S/O Siddappa Koravara vs The State Of Karnataka on 11 March, 2024
Author
years of age.
28. At this juncture, we may usefully refer to an
article "A study of wrist ossification for age estimation in
paediatric ... teeth and
ossification at wrist joint provide valuable data for age
estimation in children.
[Ref. : Parikh C.K. Parikh's Textbook of
Medical Jurisprudence
years of age.
28. At this juncture, we may usefully refer to an article "A study of wrist ossification for age estimation in paediatric ... teeth and ossification at wrist joint provide valuable data for age estimation in children.
[Ref.: Parikh C.K. Parikh's Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence
sheet against the accused for the
aforementioned offence by receiving the age estimation
certificate by the Doctor.
12. On careful perusal of the above evidence ... before the Court that
the age of the victim girl was 17 years as on 27.04.2013.
However, the age estimation certificate-Ex.P.28 relied
Officer to this effect was also obtained which revealed
that the estimated age of the victim was 4 to 6 years ... status of child-victim, the estimated age was between 4
to 6 years and the dental age was estimated to be six years
approximately
Sujeet Kumar Patel Etc. Page 10 of 17
of doubt in age estimated by the bone ossification test is to go
to the accused ... taken on the higher side, the upper limit of
the age estimated by the ossification test is 19 years.
21. Therefore, it was held
were called to prove the document which established the
age of the victim. PW-16 had placed on record authority letter ... order to attend the case and produce
the attested copy of age estimation report of Victim/PW-2 dated 24.06.2013, the
original of which
