Court questions state over filing of case diary

Justice Misra: Autopsy was conducted in the evening hours of (August) 9th, the GD entry of unnatural death recorded at 11.30 at night..."

Sibal: "Allow me to place timeline minute by minute."

Justice Pardiwala: "When was PMR done?"

Sibal: "6.10-7.10 pm."

Justice Pardiwala: "When you start performing the post-mortem, it means that it's a case of unnatural death, UD 861/24 was registered at 23.20 hours, 9th August the GD entry and FIR recorded at 11.45 pm, is this true?"

Justice Pardiwala: "This is very surprising, post-mortem precedes registration of the UD!"

Justice Pardiwala: "UD 861/24 was registered at what hours?"

Sibal: "1.46 hours."

Justice Pardiwala: "From where do you get this?"