Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 861 · Decided 5 August 2019
Kathi David Raju v. The State of Andhra Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 861 · [2019] 10 S.C.R. 1046
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1186/2019
- Decided
- 5 August 2019
- Bench
- ASHOK BHUSHAN, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 465, 468, 471, 420; CrPC Section 53, 482
Headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: s.53 - FIR alleging obtaining of false caste certificate - During investigation, application by police for permission to conduct DNA Test of the accused/appellant and his mother and brother - Civil Court directed conducting Application u/s.482 Cr.P.C., seeking quashing of the order of Civil Judge, dismissed by High Court - Appeal to Supreme Court - Held: Section 53 empowers the police to make request for conducting DNA Test - But in the present case, it was too early to request for DNA Test
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