Supreme Court of India
Guljar Ali Etc. v. State of Himachal Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
Accordingly we set aside the conviction and sentence passed on him and we acquit him.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Evidence Act, 1872: Sections 45, 47 & 67-Jdentity of handwriting in a document-" Opinion of third person, when relevant"-Discussed-Also held, Sections 45 and 47 are not exhaustive for proving the genuineness or authorship of a document. Expert Witness-Reliability of-Two letters written by one of the accused showing the motive for murder-Government Examiner gave an opinion that letters were written by that accused-Defence producing Expert witness to show that the opinion of the Govt. Examiner faulty-Discarded by the High Court-Held, many so called experts have shown to be remunerated witnesses…
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