“Any case of injury or ailment where the attending doctor, after noting down the brief history about the cause and on clinical examination of the patient, considers that investigation by law enforcement agencies is warranted to ascertain and fix responsibility regarding the said injury or ailment, he shall treat the said case as a medicolegal case and thereafter proceed in accordance with law. 1 ” Case history A male met with a motor vehicle accident four years ago and was admitted to a hospital. He was administered first aid and later shifted to a better hospital to aid the grievous injuries.
The patient succumbed to death after five days. Legal proceedings The accident was claimed to be witnessed by the deceased’s brother-in-law, who lodged a police complaint after forty-three days of death. The case was registered as punishable under Sections 279, 337, 338, 304(A), 427 of IPC,…
