Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 233 · Decided 13 February 1996
State (Through CBI/NEW Delhi) v. S.J. Choudhary
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 233 · [1996] 2 S.C.R. 556
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 461/1987
- Decided
- 13 February 1996
- Bench
- J.S. VERMA, G.N. RAY, N.P. SINGH, FAIZAN UDDIN, G.T. NANAVATI (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3, 4; Evidence Act Section 45
Headnote
(THROUGH CBI/NEW DELHI) v. S.J. CHOUDHARY FEBRUARY 13, 1996 [J.S. VERMA, G.N. RAY, N.P. SINGH, FAIZAN UDDIN AND G.T. NANAVATI, JJ.) Indian Evidence Act, 1872--Ch°apter II-Sec. 45-Held, opinion of typewriter expe1t is admissible in evidence. Words and Phrases : "Science" 3 and 4 of Explosive Sub- D stances Act, 1908. When the prosecution wanted to examine a typewriter expert for proof of certain incriminating facts against the respondent based on the identity of a typeWriter on which a material document was alleged to have been typed, an objection was taken
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