Strenuous submissions have been
made as regards the admissibility of the Handwriting Expert's
opinion as also a challenge thrown to the non-admissibility ... slips of paper noticed hereinbefore. The handwriting and
signatures stand to be proved by the Handwriting Expert as that of
the appellant herein. The High
hold the enquiry and
along with other witnesses the evidence of Handwriting
expert Shri V.K. Sakhuja was tendered. The proceedings in
the enquiry were ... employee filed an application for further cross-
examination of an Handwriting expert. Said prayer was
rejected on 10th May, 1993. The Enquiry Officer submitted
money be paid to complainant if the opinion of the handwriting expert did not substantiate the defense of the petitioner.
10. Reliance is placed ... directions to refer a disputed cheque for the opinion of a handwriting expert. It is submitted that in the said case the Supreme Court held
opinion of an expert-handwriting
expert or any other kind of expert-without substantial
corroboration is not, because experts in general, are
unreliable witnesses ... accepting the opinion
of any expert, handwriting expert or any other kind of
expert, is not because experts, in general, are unreliable
witnesses-the quality
Before a Court can act on the opinion evidence
of a handwriting expert two things must be proved beyond any
manner of doubt, namely ... genuineness of the
specimen/admitted handwriting of the concerned accused and
(ii) the handwriting expert is a competent, reliable and
dependable witness whose evidence inspires
Magistrate directed the accused to
give his specimen handwriting to have it examined by a
handwriting expert.
Revision preferred by the accused was dismissed ... Pali Ram to give specimen handwriting (to have it
examined by handwriting expert) and then to decide
about it. Under these circumstances, I think
occasion to be familiar with the handwriting of the
appellant. He is not a handwriting expert. The bald
assertion of PW1 that ... acquainted with the handwriting of a particular
person is a relevant fact. Similarly, opinion of a
handwriting expert is also a relevant fact for identifying
sending the cheques in question for the opinion of a handwriting expert.
6. The Crl Rev. Petition No. 44 of 2006 filed by the respondent ... referring the cheques in question for the opinion of the handwriting expert was turned down by the learned MM by a detailed order dated
created
forged receipts” and the FSL report-report of the handwriting expert
is filed in the said suit and the Civil Court ... High Court has failed to appreciate that the
opinion of the handwriting expert is relevant evidence, but it is not a
conclusive evidence and Section
were one and the same person and the evidence of the handwriting expert PW 120 M.K. Kanbar establishes that the said person was none ... genuineness of the. specimen/admitted handwriting of the concerned accused and (ii) the handwriting expert is a competent, reliable and dependable witness whose evidence inspires
