APPLICATION OF NARCO ANALYSIS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA: AN ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE

Authors: Sharmista Sigdel, Ph.D Scholar, Sikkim University

Best Citation – Sharmista Sigdel, APPLICATION OF NARCO ANALYSIS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN INDIA: AN ANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE, Indian Journal of Legal Review (IJLR), 3 (1) of 2023, Pg. 490-498, ISSN – 2583-2344.

Abstract

The development of science and technology has made it necessary for investigators to rely on numerous scientific deception methods. The goal of which is to identify and associate criminals with the crime. One such field that has become increasingly important in recent years in criminal investigations is forensic science. Although remarkably, the discipline of forensic science incorporates several distinctive aspects of the period in which it has been used, there is also a little more to it than first appears. The application of narcoanalysis in the criminal justice system is a modern breakthrough in this scientific field that has significant implications for the criminal justice system in India. Hence, a detailed analysis of the nature of these new forensic science techniques shall be undertaken. Narco analysis, which applies science to criminal legislation during the criminal inquiry, is incomprehensible. There is a likelihood of injustice occurring because the validity and reliability of narco analysis are sustained in light of the issues in which it was administered and this needs to be verified as the efficacy of the test is yet to be recognized.  Individual liberty is a major issue in the current criminal justice system, as crimes have become commonplace and criminals are taking advantage of the defects of the legal system.  The modus operandi involved in narco analysis remains using drugs as psychoactive measures used to extract information from the subjects who are incapable of shelling out. However, it has been claimed that the judicial system adopted a unified approach to the use of this procedure and provided a notion of conditional use, making it clear that neither the process nor its application in every criminal case could be overlooked.  This paper provides a brief analytical approach to the application of the narco analysis in criminology.

Keywords: Constitution, Criminal Justice, Deception, Evidence, Investigation, Narco analysis, Scientific techniques