New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- The Delhi High Court has held that an accused who has categorically declined to undergo a Narco Analysis Test cannot be compelled to undergo the test at the instance of the complainant, observing that the consent required for such a test is a personal and non-derogable safeguard.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav dismissed a petition filed by the father of a 21-year-old woman who died in connection with an FIR registered in 2017, challenging orders of the trial court and the Additional Sessions Judge which had rejected his plea seeking Narco Analysis Tests of the accused persons.

The High Court noted that two of the accused, Jaspal @ Tinku and Vivek Kumar @ Monu, had separately stated before the trial court that t...