Accuracy Of DNA Test Result Cannot Be Doubted Unless The Procedure Is Shown To Be Compromised: Tripura HC Dismisses Rape Convict's Appeal [Read Judgment]

Unless the procedure is compromised, the accuracy of DNA test result cannot be doubted, the Tripura High Court observed while dismissing appeal filed by a man convicted for raping a minor girl.Bahadur Debbarma, the convict, had contended that mere determination of parentage would not be sufficient to record conviction of the accused for rape. Unless the procedure is compromised, the accuracy of DNA test result cannot be doubted, the Tripura High Court observed while dismissing appeal filed by a man convicted for raping a minor girl. Taking note of these contentions, the bench comprising Justices S. Talapatra and SG Chattopadhyay said: In Jayantibhai Somabhai Khant Gujarat High Court has expressed certain reservations even after observing that the DNA result can be of immense value to the investigators, prosecutors as well as to the court in either including or excluding a person from involving in a particular act. But as the victim did not support the prosecution case by stating that she was violated, the Gujarat High Court has observed that mere determination of parentage would not be sufficient to record conviction of the accused for rape.