Principles on Police Interrogation

There are no concretized principles on Police Interrogation but based upon various International Convention there are
some inherent principles which the Police has to follow while administering Interrogation. The notion behind it is that
even if Police is doing an authorized state action, it should in no way be violative of the basic human and fundamental
rights of the person concerned. Some of the principles of human rights are as follows:

The person subjected to interrogation has his/her basic right to life, liberty and security. Police authorities in no way
can take away these basic rights from the concerned principles. Derived from Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights, it is also preserved in various Constitutional provisions like under Article 20, Article 21.

A person subjected to interrogation shall not be subjected to torture or any other inhumane punishment which would
rob him/her of his/her basic fundamental rights.
Under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution every person would have the fundamental right of equality before the law
and equal protection of the law and no authority can take it away from a person subjected to interrogation.

A person subjected to interrogation cannot be arbitrarily deprived of his/her life. The authority should have a subjective
satisfaction to move further with such interrogations. Taken from Article 6(1) of the ICCPR it is specifically dealt under
Article 20 of the Constitution of India.