Editing Truth serum (section)

===India===
India's [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] has used intravenous barbiturates for interrogation, often in high-profile cases.<ref name="Rinde"/> One such case was the interrogation of [[Ajmal Kasab]], the only terrorist captured alive by police in the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|2008 attacks]] in [[Mumbai, India]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/3661948/Mumbai-attacks-Militant-kept-in-underwear-to-prevent-suicide.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | title=Mumbai attacks: Militant kept in underwear to prevent suicide | date=8 December 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThE84w-P-eo&feature=my_liked_videos&list=LLyu1R7iu08rBerkZf2xfvcw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ThE84w-P-eo| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live| title=Exclusive: The Kasab Confession Part - 1}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Kasab was a [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]]<ref name="Dawn Pakistani Newspaper">The [[government of Pakistan]] initially denied that Kasab was a Pakistani citizen, but, in January 2009, it confirmed his citizenship. {{cite news|url=http://archives.dawn.com/archives/42931|title=Ajmal's Nationality Confirmed |publisher=Dawn (Pakistani Newspaper) |date=8 January 2009|access-date=31 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="SupremeAppeal">{{cite web|url=http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/39511.pdf|title=CRIMINAL APPEAL NOS.1899-1900 OF 2011|date=29 August 2012|publisher=[[Supreme Court of India]]|access-date=6 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130118063713/http://supremecourtofindia.nic.in/outtoday/39511.pdf|archive-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> militant and a member of the [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] terrorist group.<ref name="azam">{{cite news|title=Planned 9/11 at Taj: Caught Terrorist|url=http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2008-11-29/487150news.html|publisher=Zee News|date=29 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225174923/http://www.zeenews.com/nation/2008-11-29/487150news.html|archive-date=25 December 2008}}</ref><ref name="b-mirror">{{cite news|title=Please give me saline|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=1&contentid=2008112920081129095627277cedee9e0&sectxslt=|publisher=Bangalore Mirror|date=29 November 2008|access-date=8 February 2014|archive-date=2 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302112856/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=1&contentid=2008112920081129095627277cedee9e0&sectxslt=|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 3 May 2010, Kasab was found guilty of 80 offences, including murder, waging war against India, possessing explosives, and other charges.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bombay HC upholds Kasab's death sentence|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/2611-bombay-hc-upholds-kasabs-death-penalty/143895-3.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110222214710/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/2611-bombay-hc-upholds-kasabs-death-penalty/143895-3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-02-22|publisher=IBN Live}}</ref> On 6 May 2010, the same trial court sentenced him to death on four counts and to a life sentence on five counts.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1478204.ece|title= Kasab waged war against India: court |work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=22 February 2011|location=Chennai, India|date=22 February 2011}}</ref>

The Central Bureau of Investigation also conducted this test on Krishna, a key witness and suspect in the high-profile [[2008 Noida double murder case|2008 Aarushi-Hemraj Murder Case]] to seek more information from Krishna and also determine his credibility as a witness with key information, yet not known to the investigating authorities. Per unverified various media sources, Krishna had purported to have deemed Hemraj (the prime suspect) as not guilty of Aarushi's murder, claiming he [Hemraj] "treated Aarushi like his own daughter".

On May 5, 2010 the Supreme Court Judge Balasubramaniam in the case "Smt. Selvi vs. State of Karnataka" held that narcoanalysis, [[polygraph]] and [[brain mapping]] tests were to be allowed with the consent of the accused. The judge stated: "We are of the considered opinion that no individual can be forced and subjected to such techniques involuntarily, and by doing so it amounts to unwarranted intrusion of personal liberty."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-narcoanalysis-test-without-consent-says-SC/articleshow/5892348.cms | title=No narcoanalysis test without consent, says SC | date=May 5, 2010 | access-date=May 18, 2012 | work=The Times Of India}}</ref>

In [[Gujarat]], Madhya Pradesh High Court permitted narcoanalysis in the investigation of a killing of a tiger that occurred in May 2010. The Jhurjhura Tigress at [[Bandhavgarh National Park]], a mother of three cubs, was found dead as a result of being hit by a vehicle. A Special Task Force requested the narcoanalysis testing of four persons, one of whom refused to consent on grounds of potential post-test complications.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Narco-test-report-throws-up-zilch/articleshow/16925773.cms|title=Narco test report throws up zilch |newspaper=Times of India |date=October 23, 2012 |author=P. Naveen |language=en|access-date=2020-01-22}}</ref>