weapons,
then the defence version was more probable. Shri B. Rai,
Ballistic Expert, Forensic Science Laboratory, U.P. was called
as court witness ... fire", it is clear from the record
that the Ballistic Expert was referring to a "firearm".
16. Ultimately, we must answer
Acquittal of
possession of unlicensed firearm--Effect on trial for
murder--Ballistic expert-Failure to produce-If vitiates
trial--Duty of High Court to consider ... occurrence. The
cartridges and guns were sent for examination to the
ballistic expert but neither he nor his report was produced
before the Sessions judge
combined reading of the report of the medical
expert and the ballistic expert in the present case, clearly
established that the deceased died ... consistent with the medical evidence
as also the evidence of the ballistic expert and must be
rejected on that ground alone, apart from other inherent
submission, the receipt or description of parcels sealed by the ballistic
expert is not mentioned, as per his report dated 25 September 2007. The
first
seen in the said flat
but they were not seized as Ballistic Expert was not present. They were
seized in the presence of Ballistic Expert ... Central Forensic Science Laboratory (“the CFSL”)
for examination by a Ballistic Expert. The Ballistic Expert - PW-70 Roop
Singh gave Report
Naik Ravindra
Ranganath (PW-6) to the Forensic Science Laboratory.
The ballistic expert subsequently submitted his report,
Ext.P-17, according to which the recovered ... various documents
including the FIR, Ex.11, the report of the ballistic expert
Ext. P-17, the notification, Ext.18. out of the 6
prosecution
that the inordinate delay in
sending the empty cartridges to the ballistic expert went to
show that the possibility that the same had been substituted ... doctor, PW9, but also
from the evidence of PW11l the ballistic expert, who had
opined that the four empty cartridges had been fired from
High Court was that in view of the opinion of the Ballistic expert and other evidence the prosecution has not made out any offence punishable ... certainly file an additional charge-sheet. The opinion of Ballistic expert given in the case cannot be accepted as he was not an authority
sent from different police stations. P.W. 8, V.Ram is Ballistic Expert. He had prepared the report ... Ballistic Expert in Vidhi Vigyaan Prayogshala, Lucknow. He stated that on 27.11.2001 he was working on the said post. He received the articles of case
under :
C.2 Failure to recover the weapon and examine a ballistic
expert
17. The deceased had sustained a gun-shot injury with a point ... send
the recovered empty [sic] and the seized pistol to the
ballistic expert for examination and expert opinion.
Comparison could have provided link evidence
between