Vijay Bhagvan Jadhav vs State Of Maharashtra on 9 August, 2005
The learned Counsel for the appellant submitted that the deceased must have died due to septicaemia and alleged blow with knife on the stomach of the deceased was not the direct result of his death. Considering the thrust of blow which was given by the appellant on the stomach region of the deceased, it is noticed that the internal organs were cut. There was loss of blood and, therefore, the doctor opined that the injuries suffered by the deceased to internal organs were sufficient in the ordinary course of nature to cause death of the deceased. Considering the nature of injuries suffered by the deceased and the medical evidence which is brought on record, we are of the view that the blow given by the appellant to deceased Bhagwan with the help of knife was the direct result of cause of death of the deceased. Assuming that the deceased had developed septicaemia but, the same could not be termed a cause which developed due to want of proper medical aid provided to the deceased or due to negligence. We may usefully refer to paragraphs 25 and 26 from the reported judgment of this Court in the case of Nandkumar Natha v. State of Maharashtra, 1988 Cri LJ 1313, which read thus :