Attesting witness
Evidence Act, 1872, S. 68,
Indian Succession Act, 1925, S. 63(3)
By S. 63(c) of the Succession Act, an attesting witness is one who signs the document in the presence of the executant after seeing the execution of the document or after receiving a personal acknowledgment from the executant as regards the execution of the document. (Seth Beni Chand v. Kamla Kunwar, (1976) 4 SCC 554 (559)