Supreme Court · 1980 INSC 29 · Decided 19 February 1980
State of U.P. v. Ram Babu Misra
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1980 INSC 29 · [1980] 2 S.C.R. 1067
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 811/1979
- Decided
- 19 February 1980
- Bench
- R.S. SARKARIA, O. CHINNAPPA REDDY (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Evidence Act Section 73
Headnote
l 067 Evidence Act, 1872, Section 73-Scope of-Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others adn1itted or proved-Competency of the Magistrates to gtve directio1l to the accused to give specimen signature when the case is sti!J under investigation. Dismissing the appeal by special writing when the case is still under investigation would ~urely be in the interests of the administration of justic'e, Section 73 of the E\rideace Act does not ena.ble the Magistrate to give such a direction when the case is still under investigation. [1068G-H] The second paragraph of
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