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be able to recollect or remember jewellery or other valuables. There cannot be
any general assumption that a husband would not be able to remember or
recollect the personal articles of his wife, or that a wife cannot be expected to
recollect and identify the personal effects of her husband. It all depends on the
personality and individual traits of human being, which uniquely differ from
each other. It is possible that PW-1 had an eye for detail; it is equally possible
that he was present when the valuables were bought; or yet, it is further possible
that they were part of a set, presented to the deceased individuals. The
recollection, reporting and identification of the mangalsutra, is more specific.
PW-1 could reasonably be assumed to be aware of that article, belonging to
Megha, his wife. In these circumstances, the evidence relating to the recovery of
items belonging to the deceased, recovered from the accused’s premises at their
behest, and their correct identification by PW-1 during TIP were proved beyond
reasonable doubt, by the prosecution.
VIII. The circumstances relating to expert evidence regarding the appellants’
fingerprints
107. PW-21 Dr. Sudhir Sharma, Senior Scientific Officer in Scene of Crime
Mobile Unit, deposed that when he reached the crime scene on 19.06.2011 at
6:35 PM, the main door of the flat was open and not sealed. In his deposition he
mentioned the shoe marks and other physical evidence which existed, and also
was cross examined about whether they were tampered with. Additionally, he
stated that a computer was in the flat, which could have been seized, but he was
unaware as to whether it was seized or not.
108. PW-24 KK Dwivedi (the fingerprint expert) searched the crime scene for
possibility of lifting impressions of fingerprints. A set of five fingerprints (i.e.,
Ex. P80, “chance fingerprints���) were lifted by him, and signed by two witnesses
(PW-5 and PW-9) as well as himself. He claimed that PW-17 Satyanarayan
Patel (photographer of crime scene) had taken photographs of the spots, from
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