Collection of blood sample of accused without lawful arrest is illegal: Karnataka High Court

The High Court of Karnataka connected Friday has ruled that humor illustration of an accused successful a transgression lawsuit cannot beryllium collected without lawful apprehension nether Section 51 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and humor illustration collected without lawful apprehension is unsustainable successful law.

“A lawful apprehension necessitates strict compliance with statutory safeguards, including connection of the grounds of arrest, signaling of reasons and adherence to each mandatory procedural requirements. Where a humor illustration is produced pursuant to an amerciable arrest, the resulting aesculapian and forensic study stands vitiated and cannot beryllium relied upon by the prosecution,” the tribunal observed.