• Aashi Agarwal

A transparent and efficient criminal justice system is the utopia that every nation craves to attain. India is no exception and it has constantly made efforts to improve its criminal justice dispensation. The recent enactment of the new criminal laws is an endeavour in the similar direction. However, the increasing number of wrongful convictions, allegations of police torture, and lack of accountability and transparency in the custodial interrogations, highlight that India still has a long way to go before it achieves its utopian dream of a fair and just criminal justice system. Various foreign nations employ the mandatory practice of ‘electronic recording of criminal/custodial interrogations’ so that the possibility of coercion in custody is reduced, investigating officials stay accountable, and an official evidentiary record of the entire interrogation can be maintained. India has not yet explored the possibility of enforcing the mandatory usage of electronic recording of its criminal interrogations; however, considering the advantages and the potential that the technology holds, this paper explores the need and rationale of introducing electronic recording of criminal interrogations in India from a legal perspective and concludes that the adoption of the practice will immensely benefit India and will act as a preventive mechanism against any foul play or human rights abuse at the investigation stage of its criminal justice system.

Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations, False Confessions, Custodial Torture.

"ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF CRIMINAL INTERROGATIONS – SHOULD INDIA ADOPT IT?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 3, page no.171-178, March-2025, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRGT06014.pdf

"ELECTRONIC RECORDING OF CRIMINAL INTERROGATIONS – SHOULD INDIA ADOPT IT?", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.12, Issue 3, page no. pp171-178, March-2025, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRGT06014.pdf