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A court seeks an incriminating document in the possession of one of these people. Which person is…

The protection applies when compelling the accused personally to produce the incriminating document would make the accused a witness against themselves. The rule concerns…

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A court seeks an incriminating document in the possession of one of these people. Which person is protected against being personally compelled to produce it against themselves under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 and Article 20(3) of the Constitution?

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The protection applies when compelling the accused personally to produce the incriminating document would make the accused a witness against themselves. The rule concerns compulsion against the accused.

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Option A

Being the complainant does not by itself attract the constitutional protection against compelled self-incrimination as an accused.

Option B

Article 20(3) protects the accused against compelled production of incriminating material where production amounts to being a witness against oneself.

Option C

Being a prosecution witness does not by itself confer the protection that attaches to being an accused.

Option D

Custody of the document alone does not confer the protection for an accused.

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