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34.   Let   us   now   see   how   the   courts   have   viewed   the  advancement   in   DNA   technology.   Section   53A   of   the  Criminal   Procedure   Code   was   introduced   by   Amendment  Act 25 of 2005 with effect from 25.3.2006. Sub­section (1)  section 53A, provides that a when a person is arrested on a  charge  of committing  an offence  of rape  or an attempt  to  commit rape and there are reasonable grounds for believing  that an examination of his person will afford evidence as to  the   commission   of   such   offence,   it   shall   be   lawful   for   a  registered   medical   practitioner   to   make   such   an  examination of the arrested person and to use such force  as is reasonably necessary for that purpose. Consent of the  accused   thus   in   giving   blood   sample,   etc.   is   no   longer  necessary.   Sub­section   (2)   of   section   53A   provides   that  such medical practitioner conducting the examination shall  without delay, examine such person and prepare a report  of   his   examination   giving   various   details   including   the  description   of   the   material   taken   from   the   person   of   the  accused   for   DNA   profiling.   This   provision   came   up   for  consideration   before   the   Supreme   Court   in   the   case   of  Krishan Kumar Malik v. State of Haryana,  2011 Cri.L.J.  4274, in which it was observed as under: