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Nandini Satpathy v. P.L. Dani

AIR 1978 SC 1025

AIR 1978 SC 1025 · Supreme Court of India

self-incriminationarticle-20-3police-interrogationinvestigationright-to-silence
Court
Supreme Court of India
Year
1978
Subjects
Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Constitutional Law I
Reviewed
2026-08-02

Rule established

Art.20(3) protection against self-incrimination operates during police interrogation. A person is not bound to answer questions tending to expose them to criminal charge.

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        Ratio decidendi

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