India, Sept. 3 -- The Supreme Court has asked for the autopsy report in a case of an alleged suicide of a 17-year-old at a Bhopal shooting academy in December, and an affidavit from the Madhya Pradesh Police to explore the possible murder angle, questioning whether someone could shoot themselves in the chest with a rifle.

A bench of justices Manoj Misra and Ujjal Bhuyan cited the prosecution's case and said it appears the 17-year-old died by suicide using a rifle to shoot himself in the chest. ".To our understanding, whether a person would be able to use a rifle to shoot himself in the chest needs examination," said the bench on Monday as it issued a notice on his father's appeal challenging the Madhya Pradesh high court's decision to gr...