HC allows criminal petition against Narco analysis test

Bangalore, July 17 (UNI) Mr Justice K Ramanna of the Karnataka High Court today allowed a criminal petition filed Y Jagadish Chidanand Kore, an accused and chargsheeted under the provisions of the IPC and the Arms Act for allegedly injuring sitting Legislative Council Member Prabhakar Kore, who is also Chairman of KLE Society on 19.10.2006 at Ankalgi.

The petitioner had filed the petition challenging the order of the II Additional Sessions Judge, Belgaum allowing the application of the state government seeking for permission to conduct narco analysis test and the custody of petitioner.

The Court took on record the submission made by the State Public Prosecutor that the State was not interested in securing the custody of the petitioner for subjecting him to narco analysis in view of the heavy rush in the laboratory and the long dates given for the testing, and allowed the petition.

Earlier the application filed by the Investigating Officer seeking police custody of the petitioner had been rejected by the JMFC, Chikodi by order dated 8.2.07 against which the State had successfully filed the application before the Additional Sessions Judge, Belgaum.

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