Order (oral)

1. Under challenge herein is an order dated 28.05.2024 passed by the learned Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ladnu, District Deedwana-Kuchaman, in Criminal Case No. 334/2022 pending under Sections 420, 406 and 120-B. In this order, the trial court rejected the application filed by the petitioner, which objected to assigning an exhibit to an unregistered agreement.

2. The impugned order is based, among other reasons, on the view that the agreement in question is significant for framing charges against the accused. This agreement has also been referenced in the charges framed.

3. Heard.

4. I concur with the dismissal of the petitioner’s application by the learned trial court, albeit for different reasons.

5. I am of the opinion that in criminal law, the admissibility of a document is not hindered if it is unregistered or unverified. The court's focus in criminal proceedings is on deciding the charges framed against the accused, not on determining any civil rights between the parties. In this context, the accused’s application dated 18.03.2024, objecting to the admissibility of the unregistered agreement dated 02.04.2015, was misconceived and was accordingly rightly dism