Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 855 · Decided 2 August 2019
Ritesh Sinha v. State of Uttar Pradesh & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 855 · [2019] 10 S.C.R. 1006
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2003/2012
- Decided
- 2 August 2019
- Bench
- RANJAN GOGOI, DEEPAK GUPTA, SANJIV KHANNA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 53; Constitution Article 142, 20(3)
Headnote
Investigation: Power of Judicial Magistrate - To order a person to give sample of his voice - For the purpose of investigation - Held: Such power has not been invested with the Magistrate by any statutory provision - Pending i.e. until explicit provisions are engrafted in Cr.P.C., a Judicial Magistrate shall be conceded the power to order a person to give a sample of his voice for the purpose of investigation - Such power is conferred on the Magistrate by a process of judicial interpretation and in exercise of
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