Supreme Court of India
Sudhir Chaudhary Etc. Etc. v. State (nct of Delhi)
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What the Court ordered
We are of the view that the aforesaid directions which have been issued by this Court would allay the apprehension of the Appellants in regard to the fairness of the process involved in drawing the voice sample.
Judgment, page 7
From the headnote
Evidence - Spectrographk examination - Voice sampling examination - Comparison between questioned and sample voice recording - Process for drawing voice sample - Fairness and reasonableness - Held: Having regard to the mandate of Art.21, the Court must ensure that the underlying process for drawing voice samples is fair and reasonable, however, it is not open to the accused to dictate the course of investigation - ·commonality of words between the questioned andsample voice}ecordlng is necessary to facilitate a spectrographic examination - Permitting the text, lo be read out for drawing voice
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