A Kolkata court on Friday rejected an application filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct a narco test on Sanjay Roy, an accused arrested in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case. Sources told the court that Roy refused to give his consent for the test. The central probe agency had appealed to the city’s Sealdah court seeking permission to conduct the test on Roy. The court cited a 2010 Karnataka HC verdict saying that the consent of the accused is necessary for the test.
According to sources, Roy had earlier agreed to undergo narco test in front of the CBI investigation team but refused before the magistrate.
The judge personally asked Sanjay Roy if he had any objection to undergoing a narco test. Roy refused to give his consent.
What and how is Narco test done?
An official earlier told news agency PTI that the narco-analysis test would help the investigating team verify the accused’s version of events.
The CBI official said that during a narco analysis test, a drug – Sodium Pentothal, is injected into the person’s body, which puts him in a hypnotic state and reduces his thinking ability. “In such cases, the accused provides true information in most of the cases,” the official said.
The CBI has already conducted a polygraph test of Roy inside the Presidency Correctional Home.
Sanjay Roy was arrested by Kolkata Police on August 11, a day after the doctor’s body was found in the hospital. The case was later handed over to the CBI on August 23 following an order of the Calcutta High Court.
