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47. The judgments relied on by the learned counsel for the appellants in the tabular form are as under which include the judgments of co- ordinate benches of this Court:

S.No. Title                     Matter in   Judgments Relied On
                                Issue
1.        Harpal Singh v.       Specimen    1. Crl. Appeal No. 682/2008
          State : Crl.          Handwriting 'Santosh @ Bhure v. State'
          Appeal No.
          362/2008                             2. Crl. Appeal No. 316.2008
                                               'Neeraj v. State'

                                               Wherein      the  following
                                               Supreme Court Judgments
                                               were relied upon:

                                               (a) State of Bombay v. Kathi
                                               Kalu Oghad and Ors:
                                               1961CriLJ856

                                               (b) State of U.P. v. Rambabu
                                               Mishra: [1980]2SCR1067

                                               (c) Sukhwinder Singh and
                                               Ors. v. State of Punjab:
                                               [1994]3SCR1061
2.        Raj Kumar @           Sample         Supreme Court Judgments
          Raju Vs. The          Fingerprints   relied on:
          State (G.N.C.T. of                   (1) State of U.P. v. Ram Babu
          Delhi): Crl. A. No.                  Mishra, AIR 1980 SC 791
          979/2005                             (2) Sukhvinder Singh v. State
                                               of Punjab, 1994 (5) SCC 152
3.        Mehmood Ali Vs.       Sample         Supreme Court‟s Judgments
          State: Crl. Appeal    Fingerprints   relied on:
          No. 326/2007                         (1) State of U.P. v. Ram Babu



                                               Mishra, AIR 80 SC 791
                                              (2) Sukhvinder Singh and
                                              Ors. v. State of Punjab, 1994
                                              (5) SCC 152 and
                                              (3) State of Haryana v. Jagbir
                                              Singh, AIR 2003 SC 4377
4.        Ashok Kumar @     Sample            Judgment relied on:
          Govind Vs. State  Fingerprint       (1) Crl. Appeal No. 682/2008
          [Alongwith Crl.A.                   'Santosh @Bhure v. State'
          Nos. 275, 397,                      Wherein       the      following
          398, 410 and                        Supreme Court Judgments
          601/2007]:                          were relied upon:
          2010CriLJ2329,                      (a) State of Bombay v. Kathi
          159(2009)DLT383                     Kalu Oghad and Ors:
                                              1961Cri. L.J. 856
                                              (b) State of U.P. v. Rambabu
                                              Mishra: [1980] 2 SCR 1067
                                              (c) Sukhwinder Singh and
                                              Ors. v. State of Punjab;
                                              [1994] 3 SCR 1061
5.        Ganpat Singh        Sample          Supreme Court‟s Judgement
          and Narpat Singh    Finger          relied on:
          v. State of         prints          (1) Mohd. Aman v. State of
          Rajasthan : RLW                     Rajasthan: 1997 Cri.L.J.
          2007 (1) Raj 523                    3567
          (Rajasthan High
          Court)
6.        M.S. Syed Anwar     Sample          No Supreme Court Judgment
          and Etc. v.         Finger Print,   relied on: Just a reference
          Commissioner of     Foot prints     made to the provisions of
          Police, Bangalore   and             Identification of Prisoners
          City and Another:   Photographs     Act
          1992 CriLJ 1606
20. It may be noted that the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court was dealing with the issue whether to compel an accused to give his blood sample, palm and fingerprints impressions, signatures and handwriting etc. would or would not be violative of Article 20(3) of the Constitution of India which made it unconstitutional for a person to be a witness against himself. The Constitution Bench held that to be a witness means to give evidence. It was held that giving handwriting samples or fingerprints or palm impressions did not tantamount to giving evidence and that when a handwriting sample or a fingerprint or a palm impression was obtained by the police it did not amount to compelling an accused to be a witness against himself.

63. In Shankaria v. State of Rajasthan, (1978) 3 SCC 435 construing the provisions of Section 4 & 5 of Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 it was held by the Supreme Court that police is competent under Section 4 of the said Act to take specimen fingerprints of the accused. In this case the fingerprints of the accused were taken before the Superintendent of Police Sh.K.P.Srivastava and it was held that it was not necessary for them to obtain an order from the Magistrate for obtaining such fingerprints. The relevant para 84 at page 458 is as under:-

S.No. Title                     Matter in   Judgments Relied On
                                Issue
1.        Harpal Singh v.       Specimen    1. Crl. Appeal No. 682/2008
          State : Crl.          Handwriting 'Santosh @ Bhure v. State'
          Appeal No.
          362/2008                             2. Crl. Appeal No. 316.2008
                                               'Neeraj v. State'

                                               Wherein      the  following
                                               Supreme Court Judgments
                                               were relied upon:

                                               (a) State of Bombay v. Kathi
                                               Kalu Oghad and Ors:
                                               1961CriLJ856

                                               (b) State of U.P. v. Rambabu
                                               Mishra: [1980]2SCR1067

                                               (c) Sukhwinder Singh and
                                               Ors. v. State of Punjab:
                                               [1994]3SCR1061
2.        Raj Kumar @           Sample         Supreme Court Judgments
          Raju Vs. The          Fingerprints   relied on:
          State (G.N.C.T. of                   (1) State of U.P. v. Ram Babu
          Delhi): Crl. A. No.                  Mishra, AIR 1980 SC 791
          979/2005                             (2) Sukhvinder Singh v. State
                                               of Punjab, 1994 (5) SCC 152
3.        Mehmood Ali Vs.       Sample         Supreme Court‟s Judgments
          State: Crl. Appeal    Fingerprints   relied on:
          No. 326/2007                         (1) State of U.P. v. Ram Babu
                                               Mishra, AIR 80 SC 791
                                               (2) Sukhvinder Singh and
                                               Ors. v. State of Punjab, 1994
                                               (5) SCC 152 and
                                               (3) State of Haryana v. Jagbir
                                               Singh, AIR 2003 SC 4377
4.        Ashok Kumar @         Sample         Judgment relied on:
          Govind Vs. State      Fingerprint    (1) Crl. Appeal No. 682/2008
          [Alongwith Crl.A.                    'Santosh @Bhure v. State'
          Nos. 275, 397,                       Wherein       the      following



           398, 410 and                        Supreme Court Judgments
          601/2007]:                          were relied upon:
          2010CriLJ2329,                      (a) State of Bombay v. Kathi
          159(2009)DLT383                     Kalu Oghad and Ors:
                                              1961Cri. L.J. 856
                                              (b) State of U.P. v. Rambabu
                                              Mishra: [1980] 2 SCR 1067
                                              (c) Sukhwinder Singh and
                                              Ors. v. State of Punjab;
                                              [1994] 3 SCR 1061
5.        Ganpat Singh        Sample          Supreme Court‟s Judgement
          and Narpat Singh    Finger          relied on:
          v. State of         prints          (1) Mohd. Aman v. State of
          Rajasthan : RLW                     Rajasthan: 1997 Cri.L.J.
          2007 (1) Raj 523                    3567
          (Rajasthan High
          Court)
6.        M.S. Syed Anwar     Sample          No Supreme Court Judgment
          and Etc. v.         Finger Print,   relied on: Just a reference
          Commissioner of     Foot prints     made to the provisions of
          Police, Bangalore   and             Identification of Prisoners
          City and Another:   Photographs     Act
          1992 CriLJ 1606