The utility of Section 27 of the Evidence Act is to obtain, in special circumstances, the information of the article relating to the offense concealed by the accused in police custody and, according to his direction, to obtain the same, from which weapons, clothes, ornaments related to the offense of the deceased or his dead body, etc. The principle of justice was propounded to the said intention:

• A. Pulukuri Kotaiya vs Emperor
• B. Kushal Rao vs State of Bombay
• C. Savaldas vs State of Bihar
• D. Pakla Narayan Swami vs. Emperor