Critical Analysis Of Truth Serum Test In India

INTRODUCTION
Science is an ever growing and rapidly
developing field in the present era, and it has
its immediate impact on every sector such as
on economic, society, and culture and even on
law. One such fruit of scientific technology
is Deception Detective Tests. To name a few –
Polygraph, Brain mapping, Narco – analysis.
Where using these tests in investigations can help
the officers to extract the truth from the accused.
The facelessness of the Internet has enrooted
various new crimes, with people committing
crimes in cyberspace that they would not
otherwise commit and the possibility of adopting
multiple identities can be incentives for criminal
behaviour. The change is not merely in the
new crimes but also new ways of committing
traditional crimes.
The development in technology has two
facades to it, one side it is helping people to be
more productive and progresses, on the other
side, and it is helping criminals too to commit
crimes without a trace of evidence. Hence, the
use of such deceptive detective tests is becoming
inevitable for the investigation process.
As propounded by Bentham and Mills, Law
is dynamic and not static and therefore, as
society evolves, law has to keep in consonance
with the changing social order. Law is the
instrument of societal change and the judiciary
has the responsibility of interpreting the law for
the greater good.2 Therefore, it is clear that the
judiciary need cope up with the advancement of
human kind.