Chandigarh (04.02.2025): The Special CBI Court has allowed an application by the agency to collect voice samples of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer Vishal Deep and a CBI Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Balbir Singh. They are accused of bribery and their case is being heard in Chandigarh.
The CBI argued that during verification and trap proceedings, the voices of the accused were recorded while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from the complainant. To establish the identity of these voices, forensic analysis of the accused’s specimen voice samples was required.
The agency submitted that their voice samples was needed for a fair investigation but Vishal Deep had refused to cooperate. His counsel argued that the request was baseless, as voice recordings could not be treated as evidence in the case.
But the court directed that the text passage read out by the accused for voice sampling should not match the exact sequence of the disputed conversation, though it may contain the same words. The court also approved the CBI’s request to collect Balbir Singh’s voice sample and directed the investigating officer to obtain both samples from a forensic lab other than CFSL, New Delhi.
CBI court allows voice sample collection of ED, CBI officers in bribery case
By IndianMandarins - 2025-02-04 11:13:00
Chandigarh (04.02.2025): The Special CBI Court has allowed an application by the agency to collect voice samples of Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer Vishal Deep and a CBI Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Balbir Singh. They are accused of bribery and their case is being heard in Chandigarh.
The CBI argued that during verification and trap proceedings, the voices of the accused were recorded while allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe from the complainant. To establish the identity of these voices, forensic analysis of the accused’s specimen voice samples was required.
The agency submitted that their voice samples was needed for a fair investigation but Vishal Deep had refused to cooperate. His counsel argued that the request was baseless, as voice recordings could not be treated as evidence in the case.
But the court directed that the text passage read out by the accused for voice sampling should not match the exact sequence of the disputed conversation, though it may contain the same words. The court also approved the CBI’s request to collect Balbir Singh’s voice sample and directed the investigating officer to obtain both samples from a forensic lab other than CFSL, New Delhi.