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Medical examination in absence of lawful arrest impermissible under law: Karnataka High Court
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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has said that a medical examination in the absence of a lawful arrest is impermissible in law. Justice M Nagaprasanna said this while holding the arrest of the petitioner in a case for offences under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as ‘patently illegal’.“Section 51 of the BNSS, which governs medical examination, can be invoked only upon the existence of a lawful arrest. A lawful arrest necessitates strict compliance with statutory saf
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