Ramanand @ Nandlal Bharti vs The State Of Uttar Pradesh on 13 October, 2022
33. The Hon'ble Supreme Court has consistently held that where
panch witnesses admit that their signatures were obtained on prepared
documents or that they had not actually witnessed the seizure, the
evidentiary value of such panchnamas becomes doubtful and cannot be safely
relied upon. (Rajesh and another v. State of Madhya Pradesh, (2023) 15 SCC
521; Ramanand @ Nandlal Bharti v. State of Uttar Pradesh, (2022) 4 SCC
497; Pradeep Narayan Madgaonkar v. State of Maharashtra, (1995) 4 SCC