The Rajasthan High Court has upheld a trial court’s decision to allow a bank cheque-return memo, first exhibited without the bank’s seal and signature, to be produced again with them and marked afresh, in a cheque-dishonour case under the Negotiable Instruments Act. Marking a document as an exhibit, the Court held, does not by itself prove its contents or authenticity; that must still be established at trial, where the accused can test it in cross-examination.
