State Of Taiml Nadu vs Sivarasan Alias Raghu Alias Sivarasa & ... on 31 October, 1996
When specific questions were put to PW18 regarding accused
Ramesh, he deposed that he had come to know from the hospital that husband
of deceased was also admitted in the hospital. He denied that he had received
DD no. 8 prior to receiving DD no. 11B or that pertaining to present case or
that he had gone to hospital on receiving DD no. 8 and found accused Ramesh,
husband of deceased admitted there or that said accused was found unfit for
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statement. He also denied that the doctor had handed over the gastric lavage,
fluid and sample seal qua accused Ramesh to him in the hospital. PW18 was
confronted with Mark DX, i.e. MLC of accused Ramesh, however, he denied
the receipt of receiving of these articles thereupon. During his subsequent
crossexamination, PW18 stated that he had handed over MLC of accused
Ramesh to the IO and shows his inability to state, if the same had been placed
on record by the IO. PW18 admitted that he did not make effort to make
inquires from accused Ramesh, during the period investigations of the present case
remained with him, and that he had not informed the SDM regarding admission of
accused Ramesh in the hospital. PW18 denied that he had deliberately withheld
from placing DD no. 8 and MLC of accused Ramesh on record or that he had
deliberately concealed the fact of admission of accused Ramesh in the hospital from
the SDM.