The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
27. Power to direct
for samples, etc.-
1. When
a police officer investigating a case requests the Court of a Chief Judicial
Magistrate or the Court of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate in writing for
obtaining samples of handwriting, finger-prints, foot-prints, photographs,
blood, saliva, semen, hair, voice of any accused person, reasonably suspected
to be involved in the commission of an offence under this Act, it shall be
lawful for the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate or the Court of a Chief
Metropolitan Magistrate to direct that such samples be given by the accused
person to the police officer either through a medical practitioner or
otherwise, as the case may be.
2. If
any accused person refuses to give samples as provided in sub-section (1), the
Court shall draw adverse inference against the accused.