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20.2 He denied the suggestion that he has done tampering
and replacement of the CD at the instance of his client. He
also stated that he has not submitted the CD replicated on
09.12.205 as nobody asked for the same. He also stated that
it is not possible to ascertain as to whether the conversation
recorded in the CD is the first copy from the original device
or the copy from the CD. It is pertinent to mention here that
CD was copied twice firstly on 09.12.2015 and secondly on
07.01.2016. The hash value has been given for the CD copied
on 07.01.2016 but no hash value has been given to the CD
copied on 09.12.2015. In this regard it is pertinent to mention
that every time CD is read the hash value changes if the write
blocker is not used while reading the CD. Nothing has been
brought on record in order to show that CD which was taken
by the expert from the court on that day was a CD which was
lying on court record or which was taken for copying the
same. Both the hash values are not preserved for the
This is a digitally signed order.