{"id":2158,"date":"2024-04-25T03:02:41","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T21:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2024-04-25T03:02:41","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T21:32:41","slug":"q-with-reference-to-india-consider-the-following-statements-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-india-consider-the-following-statements-4","title":{"rendered":"Q.\u00a0With reference to India, consider the following statements:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. Judicial custody means an accused is in the custody of the concerned magistrate and such accused is&nbsp;<strong>locked up in police station, not in jail.<\/strong><br>2. During judicial custody, the police officer in charge of the case is not allowed to interrogate the suspect without the approval of the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which of the statements given above is\/are correct?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"mcq wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Answer: (b) 2 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"custody\">Custody:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The word\u00a0<strong>\u2018custody\u2019 means apprehending someone for protective care.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The words \u201ccustody\u201d and \u201carrest\u201d are not synonymous. It is true that in every arrest there is custody but vice versa is not true.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Arrest directly curtails personal liberty<\/strong>\u00a0of an individual. It strikes at his freedom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"police-custody\">Police Custody<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When following to the receipt of an information\/complaint\/report by police about a crime, an officer of police arrests the suspect involved in the crime reported, to prevent him from committing the offensive acts further, such officer\u00a0<strong>brings that suspect to police station, it\u2019s called Police Custody.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is actually the\u00a0<strong>custody of a suspect with the police in a jail at the police station<\/strong>, to detain the suspect. During this detention, the police officer in charge of the case, may interrogate the suspect and this detention is\u00a0<strong>not supposed to be longer than 24 hours.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The officer in charge of the case is required\u00a0<strong>to produce the suspect before the appropriate judge within 24 hours, these 24 hours exclude the time of necessary journey<\/strong>\u00a0from the police station to the court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"judicial-custody\">Judicial Custody<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Police Custody means that police has the physical custody of the accused while\u00a0<strong>Judicial Custody means an accused is in the custody of the concerned Magistrate.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In former, the accused is lodged in police station lockup while in latter, it is the jail.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When Police takes a person into custody, the CrPC kicks-in and they were produced him\/her before a Magistrate within 24 hours of the arrest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What happens after Judicial Custody?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A person may be held in the custody of the police or in judicial custody.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The first thing that happens to a suspect on arrest is that he is taken into police custody, following which he is taken before a magistrate and\u00a0<strong>he may either be remanded to judicial custody or be sent back into police custody.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Judicial-custody-Police-custody.png\" alt=\"Judicial custody\" class=\"wp-image-50729\" style=\"width:546px;height:auto\" title=\"Upsc prelims research: indian polity 2021 3\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"difference-between-police-custody-and-judicial-custody\">Difference between Police Custody and Judicial Custody:<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When a person accused of a\u00a0<strong>cognizable offence<\/strong>\u00a0is arrested and detained by the police and produced within 24 hours(excluding travelling time from the place of arrest), or he himself surrenders before the nearest Magistrate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then the Magistrate can either release him on bail or he can either send him to judicial custody or to police custody.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the accused is juvenile, his age is to be ascertained and if he finds that he is juvenile, then he be directed to be produced before Juvenile Justice Board.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A suspect under Police Custody or Judicial Custody is assumed to be a suspect.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A suspect becomes a criminal only after the court finds him\/her guilty and convicts him\/her for the crime reported of.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>These types of custodies are preventive measures.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A police officer in charge of a suspect may treat the suspect arbitrarily.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In case of arrests by police and pending the investigation, the lawyer of a suspect generally prays for Bail or Judicial Custody.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In Judicial Custody, suspect becomes responsibility of Court.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>During Judicial Custody, the police officer in charge of the case is not allowed to interrogate the suspect.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>However, the court may allow the interrogations to be conducted if it opines the interrogation being necessary under the facts produced before the court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Judicial custody means an accused is in the custody of the concerned magistrate and such accused is&nbsp;locked up in police station, not in jail.2. During judicial custody, the police officer in charge of the case is not allowed to interrogate the suspect without the approval of the court. 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