18 WP No.11759/2020 Polygraph Test 4.2. The said order is in violation of the judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Selvi V/s State of Karnataka reported in 2010( 7) SCC page 263, wherein the apex court has clearly laid down that subjecting the accused to a Polygraph Test is vi o l a t i ve of ‘right against self- incrimination’ which is a fundamental right guaranteed under article 20 clause (3) of the Constitution, he relies on t he following paragraphs of the said judgement: 184. Even though the actual process of undergoing a polygraph examination or a BEAP test is not the same as that of making an oral or written statement, the consequences are similar. By making inferences from the results of these tests, the examiner is able to derive knowledge from the subject’s mind which otherwise would not have become available to the investigators. These two tests are different from medical examination and the analysis of bodily substances such as blood, semen and hair samples, since the test subject’s physiological