NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a petition filed by a woman who claimed she had healed from 25 bullet injuries solely through homeopathic medicines. The woman had sought a summons against those she accused of attacking her, but the court refused to interfere with the lower courts’ decisions that had earlier rejected her plea.
Justice Anup J Bhambhani upheld the orders of the sessions court and the magistrate court, both of which had refused to summon the accused named in her 2012 complaint. The high court said it found “no coherence or cogency” in her arguments.
According to news agency PTI, the woman in her petition alleged that she was attacked by individuals wielding “fully loaded revolvers and a machine gun.” She claimed that she suffered multiple gunshot wounds but did not seek medical attention. Instead, she took homeopathic medicines such as Calendula 30, Silicea 30, and Arnica 200, which she said caused the bullets to “come out” from her head, heart, and hand without any surgical intervention.
Dismissing the plea on March 6, the high court stated, “Clearly, no comments are required from this court in relation to the petitioner’s testimony.” It also pointed out that both subordinate courts had rightly dismissed her claims, terming them “improbable and unbelievable.”
Referring to the sessions court’s observations, the high court noted that the allegations were “patently absurd and improbable.” If the woman’s version were to be believed, the court said, the bullets “would have been embedded deep in her vital organs, making it impossible for her to survive without multiple surgeries.”
The sessions court also remarked that it was “reserving its comments on her psychological state.”
