Kolkata Doctor Case: Death challan 'unavailable' with Kolkata Police, CBI; SC appalled
RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a crucial document pertaining to her postmortem was found «unavailable» for the Supreme Court's perusal on Monday.
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A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra sought a copy of the death challan, a document which is handed over to doctors at the time of autopsy of the deceased. «Where is the challan of the body when it was handed over for postmortem? It (challan) is crucial because it will have a list of what clothes and other things seized by the police were sent to doctors for conducting a post-mortem,» the CJI said.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the West Bengal government, told the bench that he could not find the document immediately and would get back on the next date of hearing.
Appearing on behalf of CBI, solicitor general Tushar Mehta told the SC that the challan was not part of the file (record) handed over to CBI by the Kolkata Police.
«Was the postmortem carried out without formal dispatch,» the CJI questioned further, adding that a postmortem cannot be conducted in absence of the said document. Weighing in, justice Pardiwala told the counsel for the West Bengal government, «This third column in the postmortem report has the constable name who is carrying the form. There is no mention of the challan… You need to explain this. If tomorrow this document is missing, then something is amiss.»
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