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Section 3(2), Section 8, Section 12, National Security Act, 1980

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Can a coerced police confession alone justify preventive detention under NSA?

Supreme Court Quashes NSA Detention Based on Coerced Police Confession

Mulla Afroz vs Union of India and Ors.

Criminal Law / Preventive Detention / Constitutional Law

The Supreme Court quashed the NSA preventive detention order holding that a coerced extra-judicial confession to police cannot, without independent supporting material, form the basis for preventive detention.

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