Voice sample – Recording of –

Constitution of India , Art. 20(3) – CrPC, Section 53 Explanation (a) – Voice sample – Recording of – Whether in the absence of any provision in the Code, can a Magistrate authorize the investigating agency to record the voice sample of the person accused of an offence? – Until explicit provisions are engrafted in the Code of Criminal Procedure by Parliament, a Judicial Magistrate must be conceded the power to order a person to give a sample of his voice for the purpose of investigation of a crime – Such power has to be conferred on a Magistrate by a process of judicial interpretation and in exercise of jurisdiction vested in this Court under Article 142 of the Constitution of India – Constitution of India , Art. 142- criminal trial.

2019 SCeJ 1080, 2019 PLRonline 18190

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