DNA Test Cannot Be Ordered Without There Being Appropriate Satisfaction For Its Requirement: SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court has observed that DNA test cannot be ordered without there being appropriate satisfaction for requirement of such test.In this case, FIR was registered under Sections 465, 468, 471 and 420 IPC against the accused alleging that he obtained fake caste certificate. The Supreme Court has observed that DNA test cannot be ordered without there being appropriate satisfaction for requirement of such test. In this context, the bench comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan and Justice Navin Sinha observed: There can be no dispute to the right of police authorities to seek permission of the Court for conducting DNA test in an appropriate case. It was too early to request for conduct of DNA test without carrying out substantial investigation by the police authorities."