High Court: Advocate's Presence Not a Right in Investigations Without Coercion Concerns.

Presence of Advocate during Enquiry/interrogation as a matter of right - in the earlier judgements of the High Court’s, the presence of advocate was allowed on the basis of apprehensions that there may be some coercive attempt may be made against the petitioner. Since in the present case there is no such apprehension, the presence of advocate cannot be allowed as a matter of right during investigation. - HC .....

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