Supreme Court of India

C. Kamalakkannan v. State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by Inspector of Police C.B.C.I.D., Chennai

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 629
Bench Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 3 March 2025

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Issue for Consideration Whether a handwriting expert’s testimony has to be corroborated; whether in the absence of primary evidence, i.e. the original postal cover, a copy of the document is admissible. Headnotes† Evidence law – Handwriting expert testimony – Whether to be corroborated – Murari Lal v. State of M.P. followed – No rule of law that opinion-evidence of a handwriting expert must never be acted upon, unless substantially corroborated – But approach should be one of caution – Appellant convicted under Penal Code 1860, under Sections 120B, 468 and 471 read with Section 109 for

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