A Critical Analysis On The Use And Application Of Lie Detector Tests In Criminal Justice Administration In India
B. Sandhiyadevi, Assistant Professor of Law, Saveetha School of Law, Saveetha University, SIMATS
Abstract
For a dispute to be resolved, a case has to go through the three stages i.e. inquiry, investigation and trial and after this process is completed the judgement of the court is passed by the judge who decides the case and its outcome. Although the said process appears simple and plain on paper but in practicality is cumbersome and time consuming which is defeating the main essence of a criminal system i.e. fair and expeditious justice and hence warrants a change now. Investigation is a preliminary stage conducted by the police. In this stage the police officers, in order to extract the truth and ascertain the true criminal, use violent and third degree methods against the suspect. In this paper the author seeks to find out the use and application of Lie detection techniques in criminal investigations. This paper traces the evolution of lie detector tests, tools and techniques. As a part of this research, this paper clearly analyses the legal implications involved in the implementation of such techniques in criminal justice administration. This paper also reviews the policies,recommendations and reports dealing with lie detector tests. In this paper the author explores new effective mechanisms for the enforcement of lie detection techniques in the contemporary legal system. The author concludes the paper with a suggestion to implement new law for the use and application of Lie detection techniques in criminal justice administration in India.
Keywords: Lie detection techniques, polygraph, Narco analysis, Criminal justice system, Investigation
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