Deposing before the Additional Sessions Judge G L Yedke, Mudhe said he knew the lady from the time she was brought to Nashik police custody and identified herself as Seema Mohan Gavit. He said that her handwriting samples were taken in six different blank papers and signed by the panchs along with him and the CID officer Shinde.

Denying charges made by the defence lawyer Manik Mulik, Mudhe who is a tailor from Nashik, reiterated that Seema's handwriting samples were taken in presence of two witnesses including him and the panchnama prepared. He swore that the panchnama was correct and was signed by him on the direction of police.

Mudhe elaborated that when he was reached the CID office the woman in question wasn't there but was brought inafter five minutes and identified herself as Seema Mohan Gavit.

Panch witness Mudhe said that Nashik CID police had seized the visitors' register book of Parimal Lodge, Nashik, in his presence on November 6 1996, where the accused had stayed during the period when they had kidnapped Anjali alias Pinki.

He said that seized register panchnama was also signed by him. He agreed that there was some overwriting and also some figures were changed; these, he said were by the police in his presence.

Parimal lodge owner Ajit Pahade had demanded the copy of panchnama for his record and accordingly photocopies of the same were handed over to the lodge owner. However, later the police discovered some mistake in the original copy of the panchnama and while inspecting they found that the copy was overwritten, he clarified.

Meanwhile, defence lawyer Manik Mulik raised a strong objection over the public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam's application to grant permission to Kiran Shinde, an approver in case, to met hischildren.

Earlier, advocate Nikam had, through an application before additional sessions judge G L Yedke, requested the court to allow Shinde to meet his four children, who are presently placed in a remand home here. Defence lawyer Mulik pointed out that since approver Shinde was also one of the main accused in the case it could affect the trial.