{"id":26083,"date":"2024-08-26T04:48:26","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T23:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26083"},"modified":"2025-10-11T10:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:20:42","slug":"polygraph-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/polygraph-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Polygraph Test"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Polygraph test:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The polygraph test operates on the premise that<strong> physiological responses<\/strong> triggered when a person is lying differ from their responses when they are being truthful.<\/li>\n<li>During the test, instruments such as cardio-cuffs or sensitive electrodes are attached to the suspect to measure variables such as<strong> blood pressure, pulse rate, respiration, sweat gland activity, and blood flow <\/strong>as questions are posed.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evaluation<\/strong>: Each response is given a numerical value to determine whether the individual is telling the truth, being deceptive, or uncertain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Supreme Court Judgements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>According to the Supreme Court of India\u2019s judgment in <strong>Selvi &amp; Ors vs State of Karnataka &amp; Anr (2010)<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Polygraph tests can only be administered with the accused\u2019s consent.<\/li>\n<li>Consent must be informed, with the accused having access to legal counsel and a thorough explanation of the test\u2019s physical, emotional, and legal implications.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/national-human-rights-commission-nhrc\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Human Rights Commission\u2019s Guidelines<\/a> for polygraph tests, issued in 2000, must be strictly adhered to.<\/li>\n<li>The accused\u2019s consent should be documented before a judicial magistrate.<\/li>\n<li>Any evidence or information obtained through a voluntarily consented polygraph test can be admitted in court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1.<\/strong> What is a Narco Test?<\/h3>\n<p>In a \u2018narco\u2019 or narco analysis test, a drug called sodium pentothal is injected into the body of the accused, which transports them to a hypnotic or sedated state in which their imagination is neutralised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/kolkata-doctor-rape-murder-what-sanjay-roy-told-cbi-during-polygraph-test-101724634052301.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kolkata doctor rape-murder: What Sanjay Roy told CBI during polygraph test | Latest News India &#8211; Hindustan Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The polygraph test operates on the premise that physiological responses triggered when a person is lying differ from their responses when they are being truthful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}