In Brief
A widow's daughter appealed against a High Court judgment acquitting two men convicted of forging a Power of Attorney to her deceased mother's property. The men had allegedly created the forged PoA to execute a mortgage deed. The Supreme Court held that forgery convictions require proof that the accused personally made the false document. Here, an unidentified imposter created the forged PoA, not the accused. Since the accused merely benefited from or used the forged document without making it themselves, they could not be convicted of forgery. The Court dismissed the appeal, emphasizing that suspicion cannot replace legal proof and that proper investigation into the imposter's identity was essential but lacking.
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