...at the place and time of the murder of Gangamma, the analysis of the fingerprint evidence recovered from the place of incident and the recovery of bloodstained clothes of the convict and the ornaments...theory to the vanishing point if we were to apply it to the facts of this case.Fingerprint evidence24. The witnesses relevant for the purposes of...the fingerprint evidence as a relevant circumstance are Ramachandra (the photographer) and Nanaiah (the fingerprint expert):24.1 Ramachandra stated that he had taken a...

...circumstances, the absence of a Magisterial order casts doubts on the credibility of the fingerprint evidence, especially with respect to the packing and sealing of the tumblers on which the fingerprints were...addition of fingerprints, and concur with the High Court in discarding the fingerprint evidence.40. It is noteworthy to mention that the DIG of Police had visited the scene...identified the ornaments which belong to them.6. The trial court, upon framing charges and appreciating evidence, found the accused persons guilty of the said offences...

...fingerprint expert (PW 23). It is well known that the evidence of fingerprint expert falls under the category of expert evidence under Section 45 of the Evidence Act, 1872.34. I...under the Evidence Act. But one thing is clear that evidence of fingerprint expert is not substantive evidence. Such evidence can only be used to corroborate some items of substantive evidence whi...running away from his assailants or offering any resistance. Having regard to this state of evidence the evidence of fingerprint on the car ceases to have any relevance.38...

...a way relevancy and admissibility have been virtually equated under the Evidence Act. But one thing is clear that evidence of fingerprint expert is not substantive evidence. Such evidence can only be.... By its report dated 18-5-2009 the Office of the Director, Fingerprint Bureau, Lucknow intimated to the trial court, the result of fingerprints examination. The relevant portion of the report was as...disputed Fingerprint No. 8909 lifted from a glass in the kitchen of the house matched with the thumb impression of right hand, being Sample No. 8923, of Sanju alias Saurabh while the disputed finger...

...was not established by the evidence before the Board. He was seen by Assistant Superintendent Browne on 24 February, when he was told that a fingerprint impression was traced to be his. The appellant...after the murder had taken place. He maintained that he had not gone near the broken door or touched it.One of the main pillars of the prosecution case was the fingerprint evidence. As...the print made by the appellant's left ring finger.The fingerprint evidence was rather less clear at the aborted first trial. Mr Ravi Rajcoomar, an experienced advocate who was then...

...of appellants A.K. Singh and U.K. Singh” (Exts. P-46 and P-47). Based on the evidence of PW 15, V. Hanumantha Rao, Fingerprint Expert, the Tribunal confirmed the conviction of the appellants A.K..., the Court Martial as well as the Tribunal relied upon the evidence of Fingerprint Expert, V. Hanumantha Rao (PW 15) who had stated that upon information to the control room on 4-6-1998, he reached...the respondents is that the evidence of PW 15, Fingerprint Expert incriminates the appellants A.K. Singh and U.K. Singh. However, in proving this incriminating evidence, there seem to be lapses on the...

...findings read as under:“12. The main piece of evidence in this case is report of Finger Print Bureau Ex.P-3 and statement of fingerprint expert Ex.P-4. Report of the finger print expert...fingerprint evidence. Similarly it is for a competent technician to examine and give his opinion whether the identity can be established, and if so whether that can be done on eight or even less...conduct as alleged? OPD 28. Whether the suit in the present form is not maintainable? OPD 29. Relief.”After appreciating the evidence, the Court of...

...of that case and upon the evidence before the Court, came to the conclusion that fingerprint evidence was not reliable because among all glass pieces, only two had matching fingerprints and no...said appellant has contended:(a) The case being one of circumstantial evidence, the entire evidence is of very weak nature. The prosecution has not been able to...conviction on the fingerprints found at the place of occurrence and there is no evidence as to how the fingerprints of the accused persons were collected by the police and how they were dispatched to the...

...submitted by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the accused that, in fact, the DNA, fingerprint evidence and the initial identification made by the victim contradict the prosecution case. It is...submitted that there are no recoveries, fingerprint evidence, CA evidence or DNA evidence linking the accused to the crime.5.4. It is vehemently submitted by the learned...evidence is common and the offences relate to the same incident, and therefore, it is appropriate and proper that the judgment dated 30-4-2009...

...Supreme Court while considering fingerprint evidence observed that although under section 4 of the Identification of Prisoners....4. There is no direct evidence to connect the appellant with the murder of Hanuman. In support of charge levelled against the appellant the prosecution relied upon circumstantial evidence which...illicit relationship, the prosecution adduced the evidence of Chhitar (PW. 1), Mahada Ram (PW. 5), Dadki (PW. 7) and Chhaju Ram (PW. 14). Learned trial Judge on carefully scrutinising the testimony of...

...there was no proof that the specimen fingerprint impressions were of the respondent and there was no evidence to show on what date they were taken. The High Court has once again made a reference to...stated that “one currency note contains fingerprint marks”. The High Court therefore misread the evidence in this respect also.32. The other reason about not sending the...mark is usable as fingerprint evidence. Similarly it is for a competent technician to examine and give his opinion whether the identity can be established, and if so whether that can be done on eight...

...series were recovered from Krishna Fund as per the information furnished by the accused. The evidence of PW14 and Ext.P5 would show that the fingerprint of the 1staccused was found at the...place of occurrence. It has come out in evidence that the accused was involved in several other cases. His fingerprint was 7...investigation. The fingerprint evidence has been referred to as reliable piece of evidence. They are also permanent and do not undergo any change. The distinguishing features of the fingerprint are...

...convict at the place and time of the murder of Gangamma, the analysis of the fingerprint evidence recovered from the place of incident and the recovery of blood stained clothes of the convict and the...Prakash) were with her at about 8.30 p.m. We would be stretching the last seen theory to the vanishing point if we were to apply it to the facts of this case. Fingerprint Evidence 39.... The witnesses relevant for the purposes of the fingerprint evidence as a relevant circumstance are Ramachandra (the photographer) and Nanaiah (the fingerprint expert). 40...

...) : 2007 (2) MLJ (Crl.) 216 (SC).8. The learned Senior Counsel also contended that the entry in Ex.P3, Note Book is made for the occasion. The Fingerprint evidence is also....(iii) Entry in Ex.P3, Note book.(iv) Stay of A1 & A2 in Hotel Aditya, Puducherry.(v) Fingerprint Evidence(vi...for the subsequent dock identification by PWs.1 to 3.Finger Print Evidence:31. PW26, Ramalingam, Fingerprint Expert, lifted 7...

...the jar on 25th April 1989. Thus the evidence that theappellant Lee was responsible for throwing the jar at the deceased victim was asconclusive as any fingerprint...evidence can be. The jury were entitled to acceptthe fingerprint evidence and to draw their own conclusions from it – indeed norealistic alternative explanation was...Ronald Lee. In theirLordships’ judgment the case against him was particularly strong having regardto the unanswerable fingerprint evidence. Lee’s case was not...

...for the petitioner has submitted that the respondent had mentioned the name of the Handwriting and Fingerprint Expert in his list of witnesses when he started his evidence, but he did not choose to...for examining the Handwriting and Fingerprint Expert in rebuttal evidence and another by way of additional evidence. The learned Trial Court dismissed the application to examine the Handwriting and...Fingerprint Expert in rebuttal evidence, vinod kumar 2014.08.04 16:54 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh CR No.5030 of 2014 [2] ***** but allowed to examine him by way...

...either at the time of lifting the alleged chance fingerprint or collecting the specimen fingerprints of the accused. In view of these defects, the evidence relating to the fingerprint opinion is...spot of occurrence as contended by the prosecution. FINGERPRINT OPINION: 15. The next circumstance relied on by the prosecution is the fingerprint evidence. In proof of this...issued his report dated 18.05.2011 as per Ex.P.14. Through this evidence, the developed chance fingerprint is marked as Ex.P.15. 16. We have perused Ex.P.14 and the annexure...

....20. Insofar as this fingerprint evidence is concerned, we find that the same was liable to be eschewed from consideration as the accused were already in custody by the...witnesses and marked Exs.P-1 to P-21 in evidence, apart from producing Material Objects (MOs) 1 to 99. The accused did not adduce evidence but were examined under Section 313 Cr. P.C. Upon considering...the evidence and the MOs, the learned VI Additional District and Sessions Judge, Sompeta, held the accused guilty of the offences punishable under Sections 302, 397 and 450 IPC. They were sentenced to...

...to the fingerprint evidence. It would have been preferable, as Mr. Ollivry submitted should have happened, if the judge had made clear that the fingerprint evidence was only of value if the jury were...submissions are based, is that he was jointly charged and tried for murder with a man called Serge Laval Lourdes ("Lourdes") who had given evidence as a witness for the prosecution during the appellant's...before the early hours of 6th January when the victim's blood stained car was seen abandoned some distance from where the body was discovered.The evidence relied on by the prosecution...

... - The plaintiff is in revision against the impugned order dated 20.05.2014 by which its prayer for examining the Handwriting and Fingerprint Expert by way of additional evidence has been...also led their entire evidence and in order to prove that the signatures on the lease deed do not belong to them, they examined Handwriting and Fingerprint Expert. When the case was at the stage of...rebuttal and arguments, the plaintiff filed the application for leading additional evidence by producing Handwriting and Fingerprint Expert to prove due execution of the agreement of lease by the...