Is it possible for the court to convict the accused based on a signature comparison if the original signature is not available?

[Educator]

The High Court fortunately realised the pitfall in the reasoning of the Trial Court. But in an over-anxiety to somehow convict A-7, the High Court adopted a very peculiar route, namely that of undertaking the task of comparing the admitted signatures/ handwritings with the disputed ones Under Section 73 of the Evidence Act. {Para 130}131. For invoking Section 73, there must first have been some