1. This revision is preferred by accused persons against the order of the learned trial Court thereby it has allowed the application tiled by the prosecution on 5.4.95, seeking leave of the Court for accepting a document, i.e., an inland letter as an additional evidence and for exhibiting the same, through witness Padam Singh P.W. 6. The document was filed in the committal Court, on the next day of filing of the challan. The document (inland letter) is stated to have been written by the deceased lady Smt. Rekha to her father, witness Padam Singh.

2. The facts may be briefly summarised. 'The petitioners are facing a trial for the offences under sections 498-A, 304-B and 306 read with section 34 of I.P.C.

3. At the trial, the complainant Padam Singh, the father of the deceased-lady appeared as P.W. 6. During his examination-in-chief, the learned prosecutor wanted to get the above document (inland letter written by deceased) exhibited and proved, but the same was objected by the accused persons on the grounds; firstly, that no additional document could be received by the Court after the challan was submitted in Court and the copies thereof, were supplied to the accused persons under section 173, Cr.P.C. Secondly, the document was also not admissible in evidence as it was a ficticious and a forged document and was not seized by the police during investigation nor any reference about the document was made either in the F.I.R. or in the statements of the witnesses recorded by police during investigation.

4. On the same day, the prosecution had also tiled an application for taking on record the voter list of the year 1993, in the additional evidence. The learned trial Court rejected the application of the prosecution tiled under section 294, Cr.P.C. for allowing the voter-list to be tendered in evidence, but the learned Court allowed the application and prayer of the prosecution for taking document (which is an inland letter dated 3.1.93) on record as additional evidence and permitted the same to be exhibited and proved through complainant, Padam Singh (P.W. 6).

5. It is very forcibly contended by Shri Nizamuddin, counsel for the petitioners, that after the completion of the investigation and submission of the charge-sheet, with copies to the accused, no additional document can be allowed to be taken on record. The investigation is complete when the charge-sheet is filed in Court and additional evidence thereafter can be brought on record only by further investigation if permitted by the Court. It is also contended that the stated document was neither seized by the Investigating Officer during investigation nor was filed with the charge-sheet. There has been no mention of the document (the inland letter) either in the F.I.R. or in the statements of witnesses and, therefore, all the circumstances indicated that the document was fictitious and forged. It is also contended that such course adopted by the prosecution and also the leave granted by the trial Court was not legally permissible, as no further investigation was made by the police. It was lastly submitted that the act of taking document on record is highly prejudical to the interest of the accused-petitioners and, therefore, the order of the trial Court deserves to be quashed being illegal, arbitrary and against the provisions of section 173 (8), Cr.P.C.

6. The above contentions may appear to be attractive but are devoid of substance. firstly, I proceed to examine the facts of the case. The document sought to be tendered in evidence is an inland letter written by the deceased to her father, complainant Padam Singh (P.W. 6) on 3.1.93. It bears the postal seal of the place of posting, i.e., Morena and the date 4.1.93 as also the seal of the post-office of destination, i.e., Etawah and the date 9.1.93. It attracts the presumption of geruineness. According to the prosecution allegations in the case, it was for the non-compliance of the demand of dowry, that the deceased wa