Right to Silence
- Recently, Supreme Court said that all accused have a right to silence and investigators cannot force them to speak up or admit guilt.
- Right to silence emanates from Article 20(3), which states that no one can be compelled to be a witness against himself.
- This protection is limited only to criminal proceedings.
- Right is not available to a person who is being interrogated under Customs Act, 1962, or Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999, since person is not “accused of an offence” and isn’t entitled to a lawyer.
- In Nandini Satpathy v. P.L. Dani case, SC stated that compelling a person ....
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