osification test

चिकित्सक द्वारा अस्थि एक्स-रे परीक्षण के आधार पर प्रकट की गई आयु में अधिकतम 6 माह का अंतर हो सकता है, जैसा कि नंदा विरूद्ध मध्य प्रदेश राज्य 2009 आईoएलoआरo-3221 के मामले में माननीय मoप्रo उच्च न्यायालय द्वारा अभिधारित किया गया है ।



             The Supreme Court in Mukarrab vs. State of UP CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS. 1119-1120 OF 2016  on 30 November, 2016 has reiterated that ossification test cannot be regarded as conclusive for ascertaining the age of a person.

                  The Supreme Court in State of Madhya Pradesh v. Anoop Singh (2015) 7 SCC 773  it was held that the ossification test is not the sole criteria for age determination.

  "Determination of Age

As per Modi's Medical  Jurisprudence  and  Toxicology,23^rd Edn., the age of a person can be  determined  by  examining  the teeth (Dental Age), Height, Weight,  General  appearance  (minor  signs) i.e. secondary sex characters, ossification of bones  and producing the birth and death/school registers etc. However, for determining the controversy involved in the present case, only a  few of them are relevant.

           Teeth- (Dental - Age)

           So far as permanent teeth are concerned, eruption  generally takes place between 6-8 years. The  following  table  shows  the average age of eruption of the permanent teeth :-

           Central incisors                           - 6th to 8th year

           Lateral incisors                            - 7th to 9th year

           Canines                                       - 11th to 12th year

           Second Molars                                        - 12th to 14th year

           Third Molars or Wisdom Teeth  - 17th to 25th year

           In total, there are 32 teeth on full eruption of

           permanent teeth.