Essay On Narco-Analysis

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The term ―Narco-analysis‖ has been derived from the Greek word ―nark, which means the Anaesthesia .Narco-analysis means psycho-analysis using drugs to induce a state taking to sleep. Narco-analysis is used as tool for criminal investigation. The accused, witness or suspect is given chemical drugs like sodium pentothal by the police or investigating agencies to make him fall in a hypnotic state so as to make him reveal some information which may be reluctant to reveal while in conscious state. The Narco analysis test is based on the principle that a person is able to lie using his imagination and, under the influence of certain barbiturates, this capacity for imagination is blocked or neutralized by leading the person into a semiconscious state. It becomes difficult for the person to lie and his answers would be restricted to facts he is aware of. The history of narco-analytic interrogation dates back to the early centuries when doctors used induced to induce a sleep- like feeling for different operations. These drugs were then strictly used for medical reasons but with time and evolution came different usages of this drugs. Later on in the year 1922 for the first time in history these drugs were used for police investigation. Robert House, a Texas based obstetrician did an experiment with two prisoners where interviewed two scopolamine-induced prisoners, whose guilt seemed clearly confirmed. With this came the historic case of aurora massacre where for the first time the judge ruled that to prove the wrong-doer’s insanity a medically appropriate drug would be used. This may be the first time that a court has mandated use of so-called "truth serum" in a sanity evaluation after this there were many cases where the truth serum has b... ... middle of paper ... ...f investigation which encourages the form of non-voluntary investigation and takes no prior permission from the accused for the former.This type of investigation becomes atrocious when the accused is tested in their drowsy form without their consent. The form of investigation violates the very fundamental rights that have been prescribed in the constitution, it flouts the provision of liberty and freedom with impunity. Narco analysis form of investigation includes method like inducing drugs which in many cases can prove to be fatal thus encouraging such life threatening form of investigation should be banned. The form of investigation should be highly discouraged as it opens flood gates and can lead to disagreeable consequences. It violates the constitution itself and certain provisions of CRPC thus steps must be taken for removing it from the form of investigation.

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