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"The resultant position is that the Investigating Officer is not obliged to obtain the signature of an accused in any statement attributed to him while preparing seizure memo for the recovery of any article covered by Section 27 of the Evidence Act. But, if any signature has been obtained by an Investigating Officer, there is nothing wrong or illegal about it."
42. The Bench of this Court in Natarajan V. Union Territory of Pondicherry, (2003 Crl.L.J.2372) following the aforesaid ratio, rejected the contention made on the side of the defence that the recovery portion in the unsigned confession statement of an accused is not sustainable in law.