About Section63

Most WhatsApp evidence reaching Indian courts is a screenshot. Screenshots are the weakest thing you can file, and people usually discover that at the worst possible moment.

Why this exists

Since 1 July 2024 the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 has governed electronic evidence in India. A WhatsApp chat is admissible only when it carries the certificate required by Section 63(4). Without one, the position since Arjun Panditrao Khotkar (2020) is blunt: the record has no evidentiary value.

In Pune Bar Association v. Union of India (2026) the Supreme Court upheld that requirement and held that the hash value of electronic data “is synonymous with an electronic fingerprint”. Part A of the Schedule requires it to be disclosed.

What the tool does

It takes the export WhatsApp already gives you and returns the document the statute asks for: a numbered transcript laid out as the conversation appeared, the Part A certificate pre-filled with everything a machine can know, photographs and shared documents reproduced page by page, a schedule of every file with its own hash, and the SHA-256 of your export stated on the record.

Four decisions worth explaining

• No account. Someone preparing evidence in a divorce or a cheque-bounce matter should not have to create a profile first. There is nothing to sign up to, and so nothing to leak.
• You read the whole document before paying. Every page, watermarked. The conversation is already yours; what you are buying is the certified, hashed, paginated record of it, so there is no reason to hide it from you.
• Gaps are printed, not buried. Media omitted at export, messages deleted before it, files referred to but absent — each is stated on the face of the exhibit. A document that conceals its own weaknesses fails in cross-examination instead of at upload, which is far worse for you.
• Nothing is claimed that cannot be shown. A video cannot be printed, so the exhibit says so and delivers the original file instead of pretending otherwise.

What we are not

We are not a law firm and we do not give legal advice. We prepare the form of a certificate and record the hash of the file we receive. Whether an exhibit is admitted is for the court, and Part B still requires an expert’s signature.

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Contact

One person reads these. Quote your receipt number and you will get a faster answer.

Email	contact@pinecoder.in
Operator	Aarohan Enterprises
Registered address	Lakadganj, Nagpur, Maharashtra 440008, India
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Response time	Within 2 working days

Before you write

If your question concerns a particular exhibit, quote its receipt number — shown when the document was issued, in the form S63-XXXXX-XXXXX. Without it we cannot look anything up, because we hold no account for you.

What we can help with

• An exhibit that did not download, or did not arrive by email
• Re-sending one within its 7-day window
• Refunds, under the refund policy
• A request under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
• Questions about what the exhibit contains or how to verify its hash

What we cannot help with

We cannot advise on your case, predict whether a court will admit your exhibit, or sign Part B of the certificate — that needs an expert. For any of those, speak to your advocate.