different 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
bandolier and four hand grenades were recovered in the
presence of the ballistic experts S.K. Chadha (PW-125) and N.B. Bardhan ... same was taken to the police station. The ballistic experts
after defusing the hand grenades took the whole material in their
possession vide Exhibit memo
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 ... marked as W/2 and the test fired bullet,
sealed by the ballistic examiner as per the second FSL report dated 25
September 2007, admittedly
report of Serology, Ex.
P.TT/1 and report of Ballistic Expert, Ex. P.UU.
5. The accused in their statements recorded under Section ... pellets.
8. Thereafter, the learned trial Judge, relying on the
ballistic report, Ext. P.UU, opined that the .12 bore fired
cartridges cases
death, it was
established by way of chemical, DNA as well as ballistic examination that those
articles were used and that during the sequence ... were not submitted with the
laboratory reports.
34. Turning next to the ballistic reports and the prosecution’s claim that the
bullet extracted from Rahul
were seen in the said flat
but they were not seized as Ballistic Expert was not present. They were
seized in the presence of Ballistic ... Central Forensic Science Laboratory (“the CFSL”)
for examination by a Ballistic Expert. The Ballistic Expert - PW-70 Roop
Singh gave Report
disclosure
statements and the clothes of dead persons were sent for
forensic/ballistic examination by PW-23 on November 14, 2002
to the Forensic Science ... medical
evidence and their version is contradictory to the report of the
ballistic expert. We intend to refer to the trial court's view
spot and
inter-alia, observing that from the report of the Ballistic
Expert it could not be established that the lead (from part ... appellant mainly on the ground that apart from the fact
that the Ballistic Report casts a serious doubt that the
distorted bullet allegedly recovered from
