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Constitutional Validity of the Polygraph Test

no limitation on the na-

ture/extent of the contents
of the reports. One impor-
tant Act is The Identifica-

tion of Prisoners Act.

The sections 2,3,4,5 & 6
of the Act are relevant to
the expert evidence. They

provide legal sanctions
for obtaining evidence

by using lie detector test
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few cases are enshrined in ment purporting to be a method from the suspects/

our constitution in which report under the hand of a accused/convicts. Lie
judges have taken use of government scientific ex- detector test is becoming

experts. pert to whom this section indispensable in the dis-
applies, upon any mater semination of justice be-
As every coin has two or thing duly submitted cause of the failure of the

sides it had demerits too, to him for examination or old order, excellence and
but experts can be given analysis and report dur- reliability of its tools and

some power so that they ing any proceedings under techniques and the ever
can reveal justice and truth this code, may be used as availability of the where-
from the criminals. Anoth- evidence in any inquiry, withal of its assistance.

er law is Code of Criminal trial or other proceedings It should be adopted on a
Code, 1973 in which the of the code. The section much larger scale that it is

main sections are related has some features like it being adopted, if our crim-
to expert evidence are sec- specifies the government inal justice system has to
tion 292 and section 293. experts, who are exempted serve the society effective-

Section 292 is applicable from personal appear- ly. We saw four legal bags
to only mint master and ance. Describes modes through which we can see

other currency officers. for personal attendance of the constitutional validity
Its contents are like those the experts for additional of polygraphs/lie detector
of section 293, which has evidence, etc.; for cross- test/scientific methods or

wider applications. Sec examination or additional we can say as for Forensic
293 states that any docu- related evidence. It fixes science. All this play an

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