https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302488 In a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a request to send disputed cheques for handwriting expert examination on the age of ink and filling of particulars was treated as relevant where the accused disputed only the filling in of details, not the signature, and claimed the cheques were security instruments. The court reasoned that criminal procedure must preserve a fair trial and give the accused a meaningful opportunity to rebut the prosecution case through defence evidence. On that basis, refusal to permit expert examination was unsustainable and the request was liable to be allowed. en-us Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 30 May 2022 15:09:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302488 In a prosecution under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, a request to send disputed cheques for handwriting expert examination on the age of ink and filling of particulars was treated as relevant where the accused disputed only the filling in of details, not the signature, and claimed the cheques were security instruments. The court reasoned that criminal procedure must preserve a fair trial and give the accused a meaningful opportunity to rebut the prosecution case through defence evidence. On that basis, refusal to permit expert examination was unsustainable and the request was liable to be allowed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 26 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=302488