When a person is arrested in any criminal offence, does he have a right NOT to talk at all while in custody..??? (like in USA at the time of arrest, he is told that he has a right NOT to talk and he can consult a lawyer of his choice)- if yes, why is then prosecution allowed to keep him in police/judicial custody for 14 days?? Is is NOT the prosecution to prove that he is connected with the crime by providing evidence in the matter..?????
You might say that he is remanded to police/judicial custody so that he may not destroy evidence and/or influence witnesses. But we find in many cases that accused is arrested many days after the alleged crime is committed and in some cases, he is even called to policy station to give statement and also interrogated for many days (like in recent corruption cases of CWG and telecom). Do you think that accused is so foolish to do nothing for so many days before he is actually arrested??? If he was free for many days, how can he destroy evidence or influence witnesses after he is formally arrested/charged???
