After HC intervention, Delhi set to get first narco test facility

Following which, the bench gave 45 days to the PWD to make space and install the system.

The need for a brain mapping system was realised during the investigation in the case of a four-year-old boy, who had gone missing on August 4, 2018. Police suspected a juvenile, who had allegedly told police that the boy’s body could be recovered from the Yamuna. However, the boy could not be found, the court documents stated.

While hearing a status report seeking the consent of the juvenile’s mother and sister for a narco test, the HC was informed that the aforesaid people would have to travel to Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat, due to lack of the required facility with the FSL. “We are surprised to hear the submission. Delhi, being the capital of the country, we would have expected that at least one such facility would be available with FSL, Rohini,” the bench had said on January 1, 2019.

FSL Director Deepa Verma told The Indian Express: “The technology would help visualise the suspect’s brain response, which will further be analysed by a team of psychologists. We have already introduced the Layered Voice Analysis Technology to modernise the truth detection facility with the Forensic Psychology division”.