Consider the following statements :
- 1.According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances.
- 2.The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention.
- 3.According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence.
How many of the above statements are correct?
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Answer: B. Statement 1 is correct: Article 355 makes it the Union's duty to protect States against external aggression and internal disturbance. Statement 2 is correct: Article 22(3) says the right to consult a lawyer under Article 22(1) does not apply to preventive detention. Statement 3 is wrong: Section 32 of POTA, 2002 allowed confessions made to senior police officers to be used as evidence. So only two.
Watch for: Under normal law police confessions are inadmissible, so students assume POTA was the same; it was a special exception.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because statements 1 and 2 are both correct.
- C. Wrong because POTA allowed police confessions as evidence.
- D. Wrong because statements 1 and 2 are correct.
Source to check: Constitution of India, Articles 22 and 355; Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, Section 32
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