Editing Polygraph (section)

===India===
In 2008, an Indian court adopted the [[Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature Profiling]] test as evidence to convict a woman who was accused of murdering her fiancé.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Gaudet | first1 = Lyn M | title = Brain Fingerprinting, Scientific Evidence, and "Daubert": A Cautionary Lesson from India | year = 2011 | url = https://www.jstor.org/stable/41307131 | journal = Jurimetrics: The Journal of Law, Science & Technology | volume = 51 | issue = 3| pages = 293–318 | jstor = 41307131 }}</ref> It was the first time that the result of polygraph was used as evidence in court.<ref>{{cite news|last=Giridharadas |first=Anand|title = India's Novel Use of Brain Scans in Courts is Debated|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/world/asia/15brainscan.html|date=September 14, 2008|access-date = 2008-09-15}}</ref>
On May 5, 2010, [[The Supreme Court of India]] declared use of [[narcoanalysis]], [[brain mapping]] and polygraph tests on suspects as illegal and against the constitution if consent is not obtained and forced.<ref>{{cite news|title = No narcoanalysis test without consent, says SC|work=The Times of India|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/No-narcoanalysis-test-without-consent-says-SC/articleshow/5892348.cms|date=May 5, 2010|access-date = 2010-05-05|first1=Dhananjay|last1=Mahapatra}}</ref> Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution states: "No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself."<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.ijlmh.com/paper/right-against-self-incrimination-a-detailed-study-analysis-of-laws-prevailing-in-india/|title=Right against Self-Incrimination: A Detailed Study & Analysis of Laws Prevailing in India|author=Mittal, Akshat; Mishra, Aakarsh|journal=International Journal of Law Management and Humanities|date=2021|accessdate=December 21, 2021|archivedate=April 11, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411160316/https://www.ijlmh.com/paper/right-against-self-incrimination-a-detailed-study-analysis-of-laws-prevailing-in-india/}}</ref> Polygraph tests are still legal if the defendant requests one.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/polygraph-test-can-only-be-conducted-with-consent-of-the-accused-karnataka-hc-101615972372932.html|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|author=Bose, Joydeep|title=Polygraph test can only be conducted with consent of the accused: Karnataka HC|date=March 17, 2021|accessdate=December 21, 2021|archivedate=March 17, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317101847/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/polygraph-test-can-only-be-conducted-with-consent-of-the-accused-karnataka-hc-101615972372932.html}}</ref>