Identical phone should be used to show SMS alteration: Pradhan

MUMBAI: The prosecution in Pramod Mahajan murder trial on Monday insisted that a demonstration, of whether an SMS in the phone memory can be altered or not, should be carried out using the same or an identical instrument.

Main accused, Pravin Mahajan's lawyer Harshad Ponda had earlier claimed that an SMS in phone memory can be altered.

A threatening SMS allegedly sent by Pravin to his elder brother and senior BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, prior to the attack on the latter in April last year, is a part of the evidence on which the prosecution is relying.

Today, defence witness Hari Krishna, a software expert, said he was ready to demonstrate how SMS could be altered, but Public Prosecutor Nitin Pradhan took objection to the same and pointed out that Krishna was using a phone with a different software.

He said the instrument must be the same or an identical one.

Sessions Judge SP Davare is expected to pass an order on this issue later in the day.