Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 810 · Decided 9 June 2025
Amlesh Kumar v. The State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 810 · [2025] 7 S.C.R. 394
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2901/2025
- Decided
- 9 June 2025
- Bench
- SANJAY KAROL, PRASANNA BHALACHANDRA VARALE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 439; Evidence Act Section 27; Constitution Article 20(3), 21
Headnote
Whether in the attending facts and circumstances, the High Court could have accepted a submission of the Sub-Divisional Police Officer, to conduct narco-analysis test of all the accused persons (including the appellant) and other witnesses, during the investigation; whether form the sole basis of conviction in the absence of other evidence on record; whether an accused can voluntarily seek a narco-analysis test, as a matter of an indefeasible right. Constitution of India - Art.20(3) and Art.21 - Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 -
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