Supreme Court of India
Padum Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh
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What the Court ordered
In the result, the conviction of the appellant-accused under Sections 467 and 468 IPC is confirmed and the sentence of imprisonment imposed on him is reduced to the period already underg one.
Judgment, page 12
From the headnote
Criminal Law – Evidence – Opinion of hand writing expert – Appreciation of – Appellant-accused was working as Postman at the relevant time – On 09.04.92, PW-3 sent registered e nvelope to the Complainant-PW-1 – Envelope contained four Indira Vikas Patra of value of each Rs.5,000/- totalling Rs.20,000/- – Envelope did not reach PW-1 who made complaint to the Department of Posts – Information was received that a person named “Mohan” r eceived the aforesaid registry – PW-1 and his son named Dev esh Mohan (PW-2) went to the Post Office and saw the signature where i t was written “ . Mohan” – PW-2
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