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2015 (5) TMI 1240

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..... ears earlier. In case TARSEM SINGH VERSUS RAVINDER SINGH [ 2013 (12) TMI 1734 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT] , this Court has again reiterated that there is no scientific method available for determine the age of the ink. In case S. GOPAL VERSUS D. BALACHANDRAN [ 2008 (1) TMI 991 - MADRAS HIGH COURT] , the Hon ble Madras High Court has taken the same view and laid down that the age of the ink cannot be determined by an expert with scientific accuracy. In view of the consistent rule of law laid down in the cases referred above, it will not be possible for an expert to give any definite opinion on the age of the ink as there is no accurate scientific method to determine the age of the ink. Petition allowed.
Mr. Justice Darshan Singh, J. .....

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..... urity for the loan advanced to Harjinder Kumar, the brother of the petitioner. These cheques were later on manipulated in the year 2011 by filling in the body of the cheque. He contended that the determination of the age of the writing/ink used to fill the body of the cheque is essential for the just decision of the case and the application of the petitioner has been wrongly dismissed by the learned Magistrate. To support his contentions, he relied upon case T. Nagappa Vs. Y.R. Muralidhar, 2008(3) RCR (Criminal) 926 (SC). 4. I have duly considered the aforesaid contentions. 5. As per the contentions raised by learned counsel for the petitioner, it is alleged that the cheques in question have been manipulated later on by filling in the nec .....

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..... ar Singh, 2003 (3) RCR (Civil) 701, has also laid down that expert opinion to check the age of ink cannot help to determine the date of writing of the document as the ink used in the writing of the document may have been manufactured years earlier. 7. In case Tarsem Singh Vs. Ravinder Singh 2014(11) RCR (Civil) 2112, this Court has again reiterated that there is no scientific method available for determine the age of the ink. In case S. Gopal Vs. D. Balachandran 2008(2) RCR (Criminal) 466, the Hon'ble Madras High Court has taken the same view and laid down that the age of the ink cannot be determined by an expert with scientific accuracy. The same legal position has been reiterated in cases R. Dennis Raja Vs. T. Subbiah 2012 (3) RCR (C .....

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