ORDER :- This is a petition under Section 270 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925, (hereinafter referred to as the Act), for the probate of the alleged will of the petitioner's mother-in-law, Smt. Jaggo Bai, who died at Banda, on 31st of October, 1961. The petitioner's case is that Smt. Jaggoo Bai had duly executed her last will and testament on 26-10-1961 in triplicate at the same time and place. One of the alleged identically worded wills was deposited with the District Registrar on 28-10-1961, through a lawyer, Dwijendra Nigam. The second was said to have been deposited with Dwijendra Nigam, the lawyer who had drafted and attested the will. The third was alleged to have been found in the box of the deceased after her death. The applicant was to be, under the three identical wills, the executrix of the will and the administratrix of the property left by the testatrix.

2. A pedigree of the family is given in the petition. The petitioner, Smt. Kamla Kunwar, is shown there as the second wife of Beni Chand, the only son of Smt. Jaggo Bai. The first wife of Beni Chand, Smt. Chameli, died perhaps long ago. Her descendants are shown as a widowed daughter, Smt. Chandrakanta, who has two so

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