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Similarly, in case of "Shakeel @ Pappu vs. State of U.P."
(supra), ossification test report of the prosecutrix suggested her age as
17 years with margin of 1 year i.e. 18 years. The Hon'ble Allahabad
Court while relying upon the various judgments of Hon'ble High
Courts of Bombay and Madras and of Honb'le Apex Court, observed
that opinion of age based on ossification is liable to an error of 2 years
either way, if the opinion is to be exact it should be expressed in the
form of upper and lower limit. Thus if a doctor gives an opinion based
on ossification that in his opinion the age of Q is 15 years that opinion
is liable to an error of 2 years up or down and the exact age will be
between 13 and 17.