Hon’ble J.J. Munir, J.—Heard Sri Baljor Singh, learned counsel for the revisionist and Sri Vishwa Jyoti Sahai, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State.

2. This is a revision filed with a prayer to set aside an order of the learned Additional Sessions Judge, Court No. 1, Baghpat dated 13th March, 2018 rejecting an application seeking discharge in S.T. No. 386 of 2013 (State v. Baljor and others) arising out of Case Crime No. 41 of 2013, under Section 364-A of the Indian Penal Code, Police Station Chhaprauli, District Baghpat.

3. The submission of the learned counsel for the revisionist is that the case against him is based on the veracity of the ransom note in question. He submits that the ransom note has not been written by him. It is submitted that without seeking permission of the Court, the ransom note in question was sent by the prosecution for analysis to a private handwriting expert, who opined that it was in the handwriting of the revisionist. Thereafter on objection by the revisionist, the ransom note was sent for analysis to the Sate Forensic Science Laboratory, Agra, which categorically opined that the same was not in the handwriting of the revision