https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183429 Section 161(2) CrPC was construed to include both accused persons and suspects questioned in investigation, treating them as persons acquainted with the facts of the case. Article 20(3) was held to operate from the police interrogation stage and to extend to other pending or imminent criminal accusations where disclosure may expose a person to guilt. Compulsion was said to include substantial mental or atmospheric pressure, and the privilege protects answers with a real incriminatory tendency or a material link in the chain of guilt. Section 179 IPC was treated as requiring wilful refusal to answer. On the facts, the prosecution was quashed. en-us Fri, 07 Apr 1978 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Jun 2016 10:55:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183429 Section 161(2) CrPC was construed to include both accused persons and suspects questioned in investigation, treating them as persons acquainted with the facts of the case. Article 20(3) was held to operate from the police interrogation stage and to extend to other pending or imminent criminal accusations where disclosure may expose a person to guilt. Compulsion was said to include substantial mental or atmospheric pressure, and the privilege protects answers with a real incriminatory tendency or a material link in the chain of guilt. Section 179 IPC was treated as requiring wilful refusal to answer. On the facts, the prosecution was quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 07 Apr 1978 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=183429