Civil Liberties Monitoring Committee. India

The person under arrest must be produced before the appropriate court within 24 hours of the arrest (Ss 56 and 57 Cr.PC).The person arrested should be permitted to meet his lawyer at any time during the interrogation.

The interrogation should be conducted in a clearly identifiable place, which has been notified for this purpose by the Government. The place must be accessible and the relatives or friend of the person arrested must be informed of the place of interrogation taking place.

The methods of interrogation must be consistent with the recognised rights to life, dignity and liberty and right against torture and degrading treatment.