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In Selvi v. State of Karnataka (2010), how did the Supreme Court treat the direct results of a…

The Court excluded direct results even if the test was voluntary because the subject lacked conscious control over the responses.

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In Selvi v. State of Karnataka (2010), how did the Supreme Court treat the direct results of a narcoanalysis test to which the subject had consented?

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The Court excluded direct results even if the test was voluntary because the subject lacked conscious control over the responses.

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Option A

Consent to undergoing the test does not make the recorded responses a judicial statement admissible in evidence.

Option B

Agreement to take the test does not give the subject conscious control over the responses. The direct results cannot be admitted on this basis.

Option C

The Court excluded direct results even if the test was voluntary because the subject lacked conscious control over the responses.

Option D

The Court excluded the direct results because the subject lacked conscious control over the responses. Its reasoning did not depend on who recorded them.

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