Court postpones hearing to Jan. 5

Mysore/Mysuru: The Patiala House Court has postponed the hearing of the application by Delhi Police to conduct polygraph test on all the six accused in the Dec. 13 Parliament security breach case to Jan. 5.

A polygraph test, commonly known as a lie detector test, is a procedure in which physiological indicators of a person such as blood pressure, pulse and respiration are recorded while the accused is answering a series of questions.

Six accused — Manoranjan of Mysuru, Sagar Sharma, Amol Shinde, Neelam Devi, Lalith Jha and Mahesh Kumawat — who were arrested by the Delhi Police are being interrogated extensively since Dec. 16.

As the accused are not disclosing many information, the Police are not getting answers to many of their questions and hence they are seeking polygraph tests on all the six accused.

Patiala House Court’s Additional Sessions Court Judge Hardeep Kaur, who took up the hearing of the application by the Delhi Police, has postponed the hearing to Jan. 5.

Meanwhile, Judge Hardeep Kaur has directed the Delhi Police to file a reply on the bail plea of accused Neelam Devi before Jan. 10.