{"id":20686,"date":"2025-07-18T21:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mynation.net\/docs\/?p=20686"},"modified":"2025-07-18T21:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T15:34:44","slug":"29212-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mynation.net\/docs\/29212-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"HC mandates photography of injuries in all Criminal cases by Police, Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"

IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH<\/strong>
\nAT INDORE
\nBEFORE
\nHON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE SUBODH ABHYANKAR
\nON THE 14th OF JULY, 2025
\nMISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 29212 of 2025
\nSEETU AND OTHERS
\nVersus
\nTHE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH<\/p>\n

Appearance:
\nShri Vijay Sharma – Advocate for the applicants.<\/p>\n

Shri K. K. Tiwari- G.A. for the State.<\/p>\n

ORDER<\/p>\n

1] Counsel for the applicants prays for withdrawal of this first anticipatory bail application under Section 482 of B.N.S.S., 2023\/438\u00a0of Cr.P.C., with liberty to surrender before the trial Court. Prayer is allowed.<\/p>\n

2] Accordingly, the application is dismissed as withdrawn, with the liberty as prayed for.<\/p>\n

3] However, before parting with this application, it is necessary for this court to take note of a disturbing trend which the police stations are adopting nowadays, which is, to extend undue benefit of deliberate procedural lapses at the initial stage of a crime. Thus, on 03.07.2025, this Court also directed the counsel for the State to take instructions, the order reads as under:-<\/p>\n

“Counsel for the State is directed to take instructions in the matter if any photographs of the injured persons were taken after the incident by the police or by the private persons also, and if they are available, the same may be produced on the next date of hearing, and if the photographs are not taken, let an explanation be furnished by the concerned Investigating Officer as to why the photographs were not taken.”<\/p>\n

4] The aforesaid directions were given by this Court to produce the photographs, because, on the face of the record, this Court found that that the injured persons had suffered grievous injuries, but the police had registered the case under petty sections, which allowed the applicant to obtain bail.<\/p>\n

5] Pursuant to this order, a report has been submitted by the concerned Officer at the Police Station Ringnod, Ratlam stating that when the injured persons approached the Police Station, it was night time, and they had suffered grievous injuries, hence, they were immediately taken to the hospital, and thus, the photographs could not be taken, and no other private person or doctor also took the photographs. The report reads as under:-<\/p>\n

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\n\u092e\u093f\u0930\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0940 \u090f\u092e.\u090f\u0932.\u0938\u0940. \u0930\u0930\u092a\u094b\u091f\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0906\u093f\u093e\u0930 \u092a\u0930 \u0930\u0930\u092a\u094b\u091f\u093e \u0932\u0932\u0916\u0940 \u0917\u0908 \u0924\u0925\u093e \u092e\u093f\u0930\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u094b \u091a\u094b\u091f \u0905\u0927\u093f\u0915 \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u0909\u092a\u091a\u093e\u0930 \u0939\u0947 \u0924\u0941 \u0924\u0924\u094d\u0915\u093e\u0932 \u0905\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0924\u093e\u0932 \u092d\u0947\u093f\u093e \u0917\u0930\u094d\u093e \u091c\u093f\u0938 \u0915\u093e\u0930\u0923 \u092e\u093f\u0930\u0941\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0932\u0930\u094d\u0947 \u093f\u093e \u0938\u0915\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u0930\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092e\u0930\u094d \u0939\u094b\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u092e\u093f\u0930\u0942\u0939\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u0930\u0930\u0935\u093e\u0930 \u0930\u094d\u093e \u0905\u0928\u094d\u0930\u094d \u0935\u094d\u0930\u094d\u091c\u0915\u094d\u0924 \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092b \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0932\u0932\u0930\u094d\u0947 \u0917\u0930\u094d\u0947 \u0914\u0930 \u0928 \u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0921\u093e\u0915\u094d\u091f\u0930 \u092e\u0939\u094b\u0926\u0930\u094d \u0926\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0930\u093e \u0915\u094b\u0908 \u092b\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0932\u0932\u0930\u094d\u0947 \u0917\u0930\u094d\u0947\u0964
\n\u0905\u093f\u0903 \u092a \u0932\u0928 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0935\u0947\u093f\u0928 \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940\u092e \u0928\u093f\u0940 \u0915\u0940 \u0938\u0947\u0935 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0938 \u093f\u0930 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0947\u0935\u0937\u093f \u0939\u0948 \u0964”<\/p>\n

(Emphasis Supplied) 6] The aforesaid report is contradictory, because on one hand the case is registered under petty sections and on the other hand it is also admitted that the injured had suffered such grievous injuries which required immediate action of the police to rush them to the hospital.<\/p>\n

7] This Court cannot turn a blind eye to such recurring pattern adopted by the Police Officers across the State i.e., firstly, even in cases in which serious injuries are caused to the complainant party, to lodge a case under petty Sections like 296, 115(2), 351(3), 118(1), 3(5) of B.N.S (294, 321, 503, 324 34 of\u00a0IPC), and secondly, to issue notice under\u00a0Section 41A\u00a0of Cr.P.C., or grant bail immediately by religiously following the decision rendered by the Supreme Court in the case of\u00a0Arnesh Kumar Vs State of Bihar and Another, reported as (2014) 8 SCC 273, such conduct is nothing but sheer misuse of the aforesaid decision of the Supreme Court for ulterior and illegal purposes. This is done deliberately, only with a view to give undue advantage of bail to the accused persons at the initial stage of trial, because at the subsequent stage, even if the charges are enhanced, it is always convenient for the accused persons to plead before the Court that the case was initially registered under petty offences only in which they were granted bail by the police itself, and it is only after the serious offences were added which they did not intend to commit, that he is seeking anticipatory bail.<\/p>\n

8] In such circumstances, it is hereby directed that in all the cases of injury(ies), the Police Officer concerned as also the doctors treating the injured, shall take photographs of the injured person(s), highlighting the injury(ies), so that the Court can also make up its mind as to the nature of injuries and any foul play played by the parties.<\/p>\n

9] Let this order be complied with by all the Police Personnel and doctors alike, in all the criminal cases.<\/p>\n

10] Let a copy of this order be sent to the Director General of Police, M.P., Bhopal, for its proper circulation and compliance.<\/p>\n

11] A copy of this order be also sent to the Office of the Advocate General for its compliance.<\/p>\n

(SUBODH ABHYANKAR)
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