Filling The Yawning Gap In Statute By Judicial Interpretation: Voice Sample

"Voiceprints resemble fingerprints, in that each person has a distinct voice with characteristic features dictated by vocal cavities and articulators[1]."

Spectrographic or "voiceprint" identification process is based on comparative analysis of voiceprints[2] or phonetic elements to arrive at an identification of an individual. Voiceprint technique has been often identified to have great potential for identifying individuals solely by sound spectrograms of their voices[3]. The importance of voice sampling has even been identified by the Law Commission of India[4] as early as the year, 1980. While carrying out an extensive review of the provisions of the Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920, the Law Commission observed that several Courts on the Federal and State levels in the United States of America have accepted voice print identification. The Commission, recognizing the importance of voice sample as an important device of identification, had proposed expanding the