Naseem Ahmed Salmani v. Ms Urmila

$~26 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 1281/2025 & CRL.M.A. 5715/2025 NASEEM AHMED SALMANI .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Satish Tamta, Senior Advocate with Ms. Manavi Joshi, Advocate versus MS URMILA .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Puneet Yadav, Advocate

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 17.03.2025 1.

The Petitioner assails order dated 25th November, 2024, passed by the Judicial Magistrate First Class (NI Act-01), Dwarka Courts, Delhi, whereby the application of the Petitioner, seeking forensic examination of the disputed signature of the Complainant (Respondent herein) on the receipt marked as Ex. CW-1/DX1, was rejected.

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Initially, the Petitioner's primary request to the Court was to get the disputed signature of the Complainant on the aforenoted receipt examined by the FSL. However, as noted in the previous order, Mr. Satish Tamta, Senior Counsel for the Petitioner, states on instructions that the Petitioner is not pressing for the document to be examined by FSL, but is now only seeking to examine a handwriting expert as an independent witness, regarding the disputed signatures on the afore-noted document. 3.

On the other hand, counsel for the Respondent opposes the present The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/03/2025 at 12:16:11

petition and submits that the Petitioner is unnecessarily delaying the matter. 4.

The Court has considered the aforenoted submissions. The request of the Petitioner for examining a handwriting expert on the exhibit marked as Ex. CW-1/DX1, ought to be accepted as it is germane to the case. 5.

Therefore, the impugned order dated 25th November, 2024 is modified and the Petitioner is permitted to examine a handwriting expert on Ex. CW1/DX1. Let the list of witness, with the name of the handwriting expert sought to be examined as a witness, be filed within one week from today before the Trial Court. Furthermore, the testimony of the said witness be recorded on 27th March, 2025 and the matter then be heard by Trial Court on the date fixed, i.e., 01st April, 2025, or on any other date convenient to the Trial Court.

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With the above directions, the present petition is disposed of. SANJEEV NARULA, J MARCH 17, 2025/ab The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/03/2025 at 12:16:11