Supreme Court of India

Magan Bihari Lal v. State of Punjab.

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Reported as [1977] 2 S.C.R. 1007
Decided 15 February 1977

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Evidence-Value of opinion evidence-Conviction on the basis solely of opinion evidence of q handwriting expert without corroboration is unsafe­ Evidence Act (Act No. 1 of 1872), s. 45-Probative value of circumstantial evidence. ' certain consignment of iron sheets despatched by Mis. Hindustan Steel Plant EXBNDM (Banda Bunda, near Bhilai) to Bikaner in wagon No. SEKG · 4875 was carried to Ludhiana via. Agra because at some point of time before it reached Aara, the labels attached to the wagons were either changed or removed and the entry in the vehicle summary guidance was also tampered with

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Of those, 1 relied on · 2 referred to

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