P&H: Dishonour of Cheque - Handwriting Comparison allowed - Quashes Magistrate’s Refusal

Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, Section 138, Evidence Act, 1873, S.45 — Dishonor of cheque - Expert opinion — Where documents showing business dealings between the parties were initially admitted and thereafter denied by the complainant, examination of handwriting on those documents becomes imperative to ascertain authorship whether documents in question are in fact written by complainant - Allowing handwriting examination causes no irreparable loss to the complainant who can cross-examine - Application for handwriting expert allowed.