33.  The above observation although clearly mentions that under Section 4 Police officer is competent to take fingerprints of the accused ...

   The three Judge Benc h clearly held that it was not necessary for the Police officer to obtain an order from a Magistrate for obtai...

The Magistrate can direct a person to give his finger prints in the course of investigation by the police by virtue of Section 5 of th...

Thus perusal of above evidence does not conclusively establish that it is appellant/accused whose thumb impression is appearing in the purc...

Assuming Prakash’s fingerprint was in fact obtained by D’Souza, it was clearly not given voluntarily, but perhaps unwittingly and i...