1 APPLN-741.11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.741 OF 2011 Kamlakar Keshav Kamat .... Applicant Vs. Narayan Vaikunth Kamat & Anr. .... Respondents Shri S.S. Redekar for the Applicant. Ms U.V. Kejariwal, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JULY 27, 2011 P.C: This is an application for leave to file appeal against acquittal of the respondent ordered by the learned Addl. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, 38th Court, Ballard Pier, Mumbai for the offence punishable under Section 471 of the IPC. The respondent is alleged to have forged a Retirement Deed signed by the applicant's father. A hand-writing expert Shri Dilip Ahiwale, who had been examined as PW-2 before the learned Magistrate, had no compunction in admitting in the cross- examination that, without application of mind he had casually given his opinion in the 2 APPLN-741.11 report. In view of this, the learned Magistrate was left with no alternative but to acquit the respondent. No fault can be found with the Judgment of the learned Magistrate. Leave refused. Appeal dismissed. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)