Supreme Court of India
Keshav Dutt v. State of Haryana
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the same should be allowed on the aforesaid ground alone.
Judgment, page 10
From the headnote
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988: s.13(1 )(d) - Conviction based on report of handwriting expert - Bribe amount recovered from the co-accused - Appellant not present on the spot nor did he receive the money - Held: It was only the report of handwriting expert which connected the appellant with the offence on account of the paper which was said to be in his handwriting - The handwriting on the paper was not formally proved by the prosecution - The expert was not examined - In the absence of examination of expert, his report cannot be relied on - The complicity of appellant was thus not
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