Punjab-Haryana High Court
Sadhu Singh vs Gurdeep Singh And Ors on 1 March, 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.
Date of decision : 01.03.2018
RSA-5041-2011 (O&M)
Sadhu Singh (deceased through LRs) … Appellant(s)
Versus
Gurdeep Singh and others … Respondents
RSA-284-2012 (O&M)
Gian Kaur … Appellant(s)
Versus
Gurdeep Singh and others … Respondents
RSA-3288-2012 (O&M)
Harbhajan Kaur … Appellant(s)
Versus
Gurdeep Singh and others … Respondents
RSA-1490-2012 (O&M)
Jang Singh (deceased through LRs) … Appellant(s)
Versus
Gurdeep Singh and others … Respondents
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT RAWAL
The plaintiff examined Gurcharan Singh as PW-1, Mohan lal PW2, Malkiat Singh PW3, Kuldip Singh PW4, Nazar Singh PW5, Mohinder Kaur PW6, Sadhu Singh PW7, Vijay Bansal PW7/A, Sh. N.K. Aggarwal PW8 and Gurdip Singh-plaintiff himself as PW8, Anil Kumar Gupta PW9 and in rebuttal, Anil Kumar Gupta PW10. He also examined Hari Krishan Singh PW11 and tendered in evidence the documents as Ex.P33 to Ex.P38, whereas defendant examined Gian Kaur as DW1, Sadhu Singh DW2, Milkha Singh DW3, Baldev Kaur DW4, Harbans Singh DW5, Bohar Singh DW6 and brought on record the documents Ex.D1 to D8 i.e. various orders, whereby the criminal proceedings initiated against Sadhu Singh.
PW9-Anil Kumar, hand-writing expert, compared the aforementioned signatures of Surjit Kaur on the Will and other documents and opined that they were of same very person. Anil Kumar Gupta in rebuttal also appeared as PW-10 and proved his report (Ex.PW10-1), wherein he on comparison of signatures of Surjit Kaur on the documents referred above opined that the signatures of Surjit Kaur on Will dated 06.09.1995 (Ex.D3), did not tally with the signatures on her passport Ex.P11.
Resultantly, the appeal bearing RSA No.284 of 2012 is allowed and the other three appeals bearing RSA No.5041 of 2011, RSA No.1490 of 2012 and RSA No.3288 of 2012 are dismissed.