Pen Drive Evidence Cannot be Filed Late in Trial Without Proof of Relevance: MP High Court

The Madhya Pradesh High Court refused to allow a pen drive allegedly containing the deceased’s voice recording to be introduced at a late stage in a forgery trial.

The Court held that electronic evidence must be clearly relevant to the charges and capable of proper proof under Section 65B of the Evidence Act.

It observed that the accused were being tried for forging medical documents, not for medical negligence. The Court also noted the delay of over three years and the absence of material identifying the voice in the recording.

Finding no illegality in the trial court’s order, it dismissed the plea.

[Malini Jain v. Pankaj Bhutad & Ors.]