https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169465 A conviction for conspiracy is sustainable where the charge and evidence disclose a single common criminal design, even if the scheme operated through different fictitious firms; the facts did not require the case to be split into separate conspiracies, and the conviction was upheld. The postal witness was treated as an independent witness rather than an accomplice because he only delivered the registered cover in the course of duty, so corroboration was not legally required. The absence of handwriting expert evidence did not undermine the prosecution case, as no rule requires expert opinion in every disputed handwriting matter and no adverse inference arose from non-production of such evidence. The appeal therefore failed. en-us Tue, 27 Sep 1966 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 15:10:06 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169465 A conviction for conspiracy is sustainable where the charge and evidence disclose a single common criminal design, even if the scheme operated through different fictitious firms; the facts did not require the case to be split into separate conspiracies, and the conviction was upheld. The postal witness was treated as an independent witness rather than an accomplice because he only delivered the registered cover in the course of duty, so corroboration was not legally required. The absence of handwriting expert evidence did not undermine the prosecution case, as no rule requires expert opinion in every disputed handwriting matter and no adverse inference arose from non-production of such evidence. The appeal therefore failed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 27 Sep 1966 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169465