Nature of injury to victim was fatal in nature: Doctor

A doctor today told a Special court here that the injury inflicted upon the December 16 ganagrape victim by the six accused persons, "can cause death in natural course".
"I had given my opinion. The opinion was sought as to the nature of injury, it can cause death in natural course," the doctor told Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna.
The doctor, who was in-charge of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) where the victim was undergoing treatment for ten days, however, told the court that he has not seen the weapon of the offence, with which the victim was allegedly assaulted.

The doctor recorded his statement in the court, while he was cross-examined by the accused Mukesh counsel, who asked him about the injuries suffered by the victim and whether they were sufficient to cause her death in ordinary course of nature.
To a question whether it was possible to cause similar injuries if the length and circumference of the rod was different, he said, "If there is drastic change in the length and circumference of the rod, then, of course, the injuries would have been different...."
The prosecution opposed the question saying that as the doctor has not seen the weapon before giving his opinion so it would not be appropriate to ask him in detail as it was just an opinion.

It said that it was clear from the evidence that as the rod was hook type on one side, therefore it had allegedly pulled out the internal organs after it was inserted in.