Presumption as to documentary evidence: courts must accept contents and handwriting unless disproved, and admit unstamped documents. Section 144 prescribes that when a document is produced, seized, or received from abroad and tendered by the prosecution, the court shall, unless the contrary is proved, presume the truth of its contents and that signatures or handwriting are those of the persons they purport to be; executed or attested documents are presumed so executed or attested. The section also requires admission of such documents in evidence despite not being duly stamped, provided they are otherwise admissible.
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Presumption as to documentary evidence: courts must accept contents and handwriting unless disproved, and admit unstamped documents.
Section 144 prescribes that when a document is produced, seized, or received from abroad and tendered by the prosecution, the court shall, unless the contrary is proved, presume the truth of its contents and that signatures or handwriting are those of the persons they purport to be; executed or attested documents are presumed so executed or attested. The section also requires admission of such documents in evidence despite not being duly stamped, provided they are otherwise admissible.
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