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Recovery under Section 27 provides corroboration; mere recovery without independent link establishing possession or authorship of concealment does not prove guilt.
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Indian case law by case name, citation, provision or legal issue, with the case summary, the judgment text where we hold it and the provisions it applies.
Recovery under Section 27 provides corroboration; mere recovery without independent link establishing possession or authorship of concealment does not prove guilt.
Involuntary administration of polygraph, narco-analysis, and brain-mapping violates Articles 20(3) and 21; any subsequent discovery under Section 27 is tainted and inadmissible. | Protection against involuntary testimonial evidence and tainted discoveries applied under Section 23 BSA.
Only that precise portion of information which relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered is admissible under Section 27; extraneous confessional statements excluded.
Section 27 does not violate Article 20(3); giving handwriting specimens, fingerprints, or physical identification is not 'to be a witness against himself'.
Locus classicus on Section 27; 'fact discovered' embraces the place from which the object is produced and the accused's knowledge thereof, but not confession of past guilt. | Principle of discovery of fact distinctly related to information received from accused codified under Section 23(2) BSA.
Involuntary administration of polygraph, narco-analysis, and brain-mapping violates Articles 20(3) and 21; any subsequent discovery under Section 27 is tainted and inadmissible. | Protection against involuntary testimonial evidence and tainted discoveries applied under Section 23 BSA.
Only that precise portion of information which relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered is admissible under Section 27; extraneous confessional statements excluded.
Section 27 does not violate Article 20(3); giving handwriting specimens, fingerprints, or physical identification is not 'to be a witness against himself'.
Locus classicus on Section 27; 'fact discovered' embraces the place from which the object is produced and the accused's knowledge thereof, but not confession of past guilt. | Principle of discovery of fact distinctly related to information received from accused codified under Section 23(2) BSA.