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Section 149 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
The Indian Penal Code, 1860
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Ramesh Chandra Agrawal vs Regency Hospital Ltd. & Ors on 11 September, 2009
51. Undoubtedly, it is the duty of an expert witness to
assist the Court effectively by furnishing it with the
relevant report based on his expertise along with his
reasons, so that the Court may form its independent
judgment by assessing such materials and reasons
furnished by the expert for coming to an appropriate
conclusion. Be that as it may, it cannot be forgotten that
opinion evidence is advisory in nature, and the Court is not
bound by the evidence of the experts. [See State (UT of
Delhi) v. Pali Ram12 ; State of H.P. v. Jai Lal13; Baso
Prasad v. State of Bihar14; Ramesh Chandra Agrawal v.
Regency Hospital Ltd.11 [(2009) 9 SCC 709 : (2009) 3
SCC (Civ) 840] and Malay Kumar Ganguly v. Sukumar
Mukherjee15.]
Section 157 in The Indian Penal Code, 1860 [Entire Act]
Meharaj Singh (L/Nk.) vs State Of U.P. on 21 April, 1994
"60. On the importance of promptitude, both in the
registration of the FIR and in the transmission of the
same to the court, reliance is placed by Shri
Nagamuthu, learned Senior Counsel on the following
passage in Meharaj Singh v. State of U.P.3: (SCC pp.
195-196, para 12)
"12. FIR in a criminal case and particularly in a murder
case is a vital and valuable piece of evidence for the
purpose of appreciating the evidence led at the trial.
The object of insisting upon prompt lodging of the FIR
is to obtain the earliest information regarding the
circumstance in which the crime was committed,
including the names of the actual culprits and the parts
played by them, the weapons, if any, used, as also the
names of the eyewitnesses, if any. Delay in lodging the
FIR often results in embellishment, which is a creature
of an afterthought. On account of delay, the FIR not
only gets bereft of the advantage of spontaneity, danger