https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304418 In a cheque dishonour prosecution, an accused who admits signatures but alleges that a cheque and promissory note were issued blank and later misused may seek expert examination of the disputed writings to test ink age and timing. The Court treated such examination as a relevant means of probabilising the defence and held that its admissibility and relevance cannot be rejected merely because the final evidentiary value will be assessed at trial. It emphasised that the accused has a valuable right to lead defence evidence under the reverse-onus framework, and the request to examine the documents should not be denied without justification. en-us Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 08:29:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304418 In a cheque dishonour prosecution, an accused who admits signatures but alleges that a cheque and promissory note were issued blank and later misused may seek expert examination of the disputed writings to test ink age and timing. The Court treated such examination as a relevant means of probabilising the defence and held that its admissibility and relevance cannot be rejected merely because the final evidentiary value will be assessed at trial. It emphasised that the accused has a valuable right to lead defence evidence under the reverse-onus framework, and the request to examine the documents should not be denied without justification. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=304418