Once, for a case, I searched in Web to find Guidelines by Indian Medical Association as to how Post-mortems are to be conducted by doctors.
But I could not find any guidelines.
Value of Postmortem Report in Court
It is just an opinion of a doctor who may have examined dead body of a victim. He may have written down details in a format... But it is still an personal opinion.
Another Doctor can always come in witness box to refute opinion given by Doctor who conducted post Mortem report.
What I am trying to say is this:
1) There is no Form of Post Mortem Report prescribed in Criminal Procedure Code.
2) There is no provision in Indian Evidence Act that whatever is said by a doctor or doctors in postmortem report shall be final.
3) Every item in a postmortem report is subject counter evidence by other doctors.
4) Postmortem report is just a personal opinion of one doctor.
Haresh Raichura
2/7/2014
