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The document discusses the admissibility of photographic and xerox copies as evidence in court. Photographic evidence alone cannot prove the dimensions of an object without further verification. Xerox copies of forensic reports certified as true copies can be admitted as evidence. Photostat copies are secondary evidence and require examining the original records to verify genuineness.

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Xerox

The document discusses the admissibility of photographic and xerox copies as evidence in court. Photographic evidence alone cannot prove the dimensions of an object without further verification. Xerox copies of forensic reports certified as true copies can be admitted as evidence. Photostat copies are secondary evidence and require examining the original records to verify genuineness.

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A photographic picture cannot be relied on as proof in itself of the dimensions of the depicted object,

and cannot be made properly available to establish the relative proportion of such objects, except by
evidence of personal knowledge or scientific experience to demonstrate accurately the facts sought
to be established.

The accuracy of the photographic copies, particularly of external objects, as shown in the
photograph, is to be establish on oath, to the satisfaction of the court, either by the photographer or
some one who can speak to their accuracy. Before admitting a photograph, the person who took the
photograph has to be examined, and he should produce the negative.

5. Xerox copy
A xerox copy of the forensic report sent by FSL after certifying the same as true copy, was held to be
admissible in evidence as officer of the FSL had no interest in concocting report against the
accused.

If any document is unregistered and its copy is produced in the court then it will not admissible in the
court as secondary evidence.

6. Photostat copy
A Photostat copy of a letter is a piece of secondary evidence, and it can be admitted in case original
is proved to have been lost or not immediately available, for given reason, it is not conclusive proof
in itself of the truthfulness of the contents contained therein. Photostat copies of documents should
be accepted in evidence after examining the original records as genuineness of a document was a
fundamental question. The witness cn be shown and questioned as regards the Xerox copy of the
document on records and the same will not amount to admission of the said document in evidence.
If the witness admits the signature thereon, an objection can be raised at that time before the court
that the document, being a copy, could not be exhibited. In a case where the Photostat copy of the
original was produced, and there was no proof of its accuracy or of its having been compared w

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