concoct a false story involving the appellant. Even the evidence of Ballistic Expert P.W. 26 Prabhakara cannot be relied upon as the evidence discloses ... Mallesha and Yogisha and the evidence of P.W. 26, the Ballistic Expert, which proves beyond reasonable doubt that the two deceased died
were sent for forensic
examination i.e. to a serologist and a ballistic expert.
24. Shri A.K.Srivastava PW-2, a serologist gave reports ... Page 10 of 30
25. Shri K.C.Varshney, Sr.Scientific Officer (Ballistic),
FSL Malviya Nagar, PW-1, gave a report
occurrence is established.
25. We shall now consider the evidence of the ballistic expert PW/10 Dr. S.M. Chatterjee, who has deposed that ... crime (sic). In the book "The Identification of firearms and Forensic Ballistics" by Major Sir Gerald Burrard, it is observed at page
some documents. C.W. 1 Mr. P.S. Manocha the Assistant Director (Ballistic), State Forensic Science Laboratory, Jaipur was examined as a Courts witness ... shot is erroneous in view of the evidence of the Ballistic Expert Mr. Manocha (CW I). The ballistic evidence is quite contrary. It is that
send the spent/used bullets to the ballistic expert for examination. He did not send the used bullet for comparison recovered from the body ... Basu also submitted that the spent bullets were not sent to the ballistic expert. The seized articles, the blood-stained earth, wearing apparel etc. were
witnesses’ ..................................................................13
C.2 Failure to recover the weapon and examine a ballistic expert ........................16
C.2 Common intention under Section ... eyewitnesses.
C.2 Failure to recover the weapon and examine a ballistic expert
17 The deceased had sustained a gun-shot injury with a point
should not be affected on minor inconsequential grounds.
iv. The report of ballistic expert on certain disputed facts fully supported the case of the petitioner ... grounds :
(i) Licence No. 67/78 : Even though the report of the Ballistic expert supported the case of the petitioner that 5 chambered loading
articles
received after postmortem examination, revolver, bullets, cartridges were
sent for ballistic examination to Forensic Science Laboratory. The report
(Exhibit P-54) was received ... there is nothing against him in the
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report of the ballistic expert and as the independent witnesses of
memorandum and seizure have turned hostile
bullet and the firearm was neither sent for expert opinion nor any ballistic report in this context has been filed, as such, the prosecution ... send the recovered empty and the seized pistol to the ballistic expert for the examination and expert opinion. Comparison could have provided link evidence between
documents marked Ex. PW-2/B and Ex PW-2/C. The
ballistic report (Ex.Pw39/A) by K.C. Varshney (PW-39) opines ... been produced and was
in police custody, or submit that the ballistic examination
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would establish that
