Postmortem or injury reports prepared by doctors should be in typed format and legible: HC asks UP Govt to Issue Directions to CMOs

Allahabad: Opining that postmortem reports or injury reports prepared by the doctors should be in typed format and legible, the Allahabad High Court bench has recently asked the Principal Secretary of Uttar Pradesh Medical Health and Family Welfare Department to issue proper direction to all the Chief Medical Officers of the State in this regard.

"The Senior Registrar of this Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to the Principal Secretary, Medical Health and Family Welfare Government of U.P. Lucknow forthwith for necessary compliance," read the order by HC bench of Justice Brij Raj Singh.

This direction was issued by the HC bench while it granted bail to a person, who has been accused of assaulting a victim. After the victim died as a result of the assault, the accused was booked under Sections 323,504,506,304 IPC.

However, filing the bail application, the counsel for the applicant submitted that the allegation of assault has been levelled against four accused and the deceased received one injury on his head and other injuries on non-vital parts of the body.

Referring to this, the counsel for the applicant submitted that the general allegation has been levelled against all the accused persons and one of the accused Harish Chandra has been granted bail by the HC bench in February, 2023.

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Further, it was submitted that the case of the applicant was at par with the case of the co-accused Harish Chandra and so the applicant should also be released on bail.

Finding merit in the argument, the HC bench granted bail to the accused. However, before parting with the case, the Court observed that the injuries mentioned in the injury report are illegible and the prosecution side as well as the applicant side faced difficulty in reading the same.

"At this stage, it is to be noted that from perusal of the injury report, it is appears that the injuries mentioned in the report are illegible and the prosecution side as well as the applicant side faces difficulty while going through the injury report," the court observed.

Observing that postmortem and injury report report should be transcribed in typed format, the bench noted,

"The Court is of the opinion that in future postmortem report or injury report prepared by the doctor should be in typed format and legible, so that the same can be read easily."

"Therefore, I direct the Principal Secretary, Medical Health and Family Welfare Government of U.P. Lucknow to issue a proper direction to all the Chief Medical Officers of the District that postmortem report as well as injury report will be transcribed in typed format," ordered the bench.

To read the order, click on the link below:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/up-high-court-order-206015.pdf

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