Criminal Misc. No. M-13836 of 2008 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** Criminal Misc. No. M-13836 of 2008 (O&M) Date of Decision:28.05.2008 H.S.Ahluwalia .....Petitioner Vs. R.K.Modi and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BINDAL Present:- Mr. Arun Palli, Senior Advocate with Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. **** RAJESH BINDAL J. The petitioner is before this Court challenging the order dated 10.4.2008 passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (Adhoc), Patiala whereby in a revision, order dated 28.2.2008 passed by the learned Judicial Magistrate First Class, Patiala dismissing the application filed by the petitioner raising objections to the prayer for de-exhibiting documents Ex.C.1 to Ex.C.69 was upheld. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the documents produced by the respondents were the carbon copies of the bills and the same could not as such be produced in evidence and exhibited as the originals thereof were not produced. There was no application for leading secondary evidence. However, the contention is misconceived. The provisions of Section 62 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 are abundantly clear where it is provided that where a number of documents are made by one uniform process, as in the case of printing, lithography, or photography, each is primary evidence of the contents of the rest. Accordingly, I do not find any merit in the submissions made. The Courts below while rejecting the contention raised by the petitioner and opining that the documents had rightly been exhibited, granted liberty to the petitioner to cross-examine the witnesses on the said documents. Sufficient liberty has already been granted to the petitioner and the impugned orders passed by the Court below are strictly in consonance Criminal Misc. No. M-13836 of 2008 (O&M) -2- with the provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. I do not find any reason to interfere with. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. May 28, 2008 ( RAJESH BINDAL ) renu JUDGE