INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
It can also be the ultimate snitch
traditional investigative methods hit a wall.Developed by CR Mukundan, a neuroscientist at the National Institute of Mental Health and
mapping might just be the last recourse for baffled authorities to determine whether it was murder or suicide.So, how does brain mapping aid
(FSL), Maharashtra and chairperson of a private forensic organisation
During the process, the accused is fitted with a special cap equipped with 32 electrodes placed on the earlobes and various parts of the
high-profile cases such as the Aarushi Talwar double murder and Malegaon bomb blast cases
evidence for two brutal murders and resulted in life sentences for the accused
In the second case, Amin Bhoi, a supari shop employee was declared guilty for hammering his colleague Ramdullar Singh to death while the
admissible in sessions courts
skilled forensic psychologists can create probes targeting motives related to revenge, impulsivity or planning that the technique can
written consent of the suspect in the presence of a magistrate is needed
adds Srivastav.Since its introduction two decades ago, BEOS has often been marred by controversies surrounding ethics, individual rights and
declared that brain scans of criminal suspects were unscientific and warned that they should not be used as evidence in a court of law
In May 2010, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court held that forcing suspects and witnesses to take brain mapping tests without their
consent was unconstitutional and amounted to violation of their right to privacy.Earlier this month, the SC recognised that psychological
tools such as polygraph and brain mapping are a material piece of evidence but cautioned that these tools alone are insufficient to
determine guilt in a case
This came in the wake of a petition challenging a Bombay high court order which discharged Hussain Mohammed Shattaf, his wife Waheeda
Hussain Shatta and others for the murder of Manmohan Singh Sukhdev Singh Virdi, a Lonavla resident
