[Solved] Consider the following statements: According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention.? According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence. How many of the above statements are correct?

Q27. Consider the following statements:

1. According to the Constitution of India, the Central Government has a duty to protect States from internal disturbances.
2. The Constitution of India exempts the States from providing legal counsel to a person being held for preventive detention.?
3. According to the Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002, confession of the accused before the police cannot be used as evidence.

How many of the above statements are correct?

1. Only one
2. Only two
3. All three
4. None

Answer: 2

The first statement is true. “It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance and to ensure that the government of every State is carried on in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution,” the Indian Constitution says in detail in Article 355.

Second Statement is correct.

Section 32 (1) of the Prevention Of Terrorism Act (POTA) 2002 stated that “Notwithstanding anything in the Code 12 or in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), but subject to the provisions of this section, a confession made by a person before a police officer not lower in rank than a Superintendent of Police shall be admissible in the trial of such person.”

Hence statement 3 is INCORRECT.