giving voice sample the accused does not convey information based upon his
personal knowledge which can incriminate him. A voice sample by itself is
fully ... conclusion but, voice sample by itself is not a
testimony at all. When an accused is asked to give voice sample, he is not
giving
direct the
respondent to give his voice sample. It is argued that collection of
voice sample of respondent will not prejudice him in any manner ... giving voice sample the accused does
not convey information based upon his personal
knowledge which can incriminate him. A voice
sample by itself is fully
voice sample cannot be looked into as it
was not appropriate and legal for CBI to have obtained voice sample
during investigation without seeking consent ... sample in the course of investigation and the Court
cannot, during investigation, direct the accused to
give his voice sample."
50 Here, accused
voice samples. In my view, the court may permit the taking of voice samples only for the purposes of identification. But these voice samples would ... sample in the course of investigation and the court cannot, during investigation, direct the accused to give his voice sample. It would be interesting
collection of evidence are included in 'Investigation'.
Collection of voice sample of an accused is a step in investigation. It was
argued ... issue direction to a police officer to take voice
sample of the accused during investigation can be read into in any
provisions of the Code
voice sample of the appellant for
the purpose of comparing his voice with the voice in a video clipping
collected during investigation. Certain other directions ... settled, the accused should be directed to provide
the voice sample. The sample voice need be sent for evaluation to
an expert only after
used by Virender Pal exist in the name of his
mother.
Investigation did not reveal any mens-rea on part of
Bijender Singh ... accepted bribe for allowing unauthorized
construction at the „property‟. During investigation voice
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voice sample and there is no such provision in
the Evidence Act to deal with taking of voice sample, however, if
investigation is completed ... voice samples or voice recording as a bar, it cannot be
urged that the specimen signatures or handwriting should
also include voice samples, because
available. In the
circumstances, with a view to do the voice spectrography, voice
sample of the applicant - accused is necessary, more particularly,
with a view ... under
Section 173(8) of the CrPC for further investigation, by collecting
the voice sample of the applicant - accused and send the same
for voice
contraband
seized, i.e. opium. It is further submitted that during investigation, voice
sample of the applicant was obtained and as per the FSL report