under the preventive detention act, a person can be arrested without trial for dangerous offenders.
under the preventive detention act, a person can be arrested without trial for dangerous offenders.
under the preventive detention act a person can be arrested without trial for?
dangerous offenders
in the united states, the sixth amendment to the united states constitution guarantees the right to "a speedy and public trial". thus, arrested persons may not be held for extended periods of time without trial. however, since the passage of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2012 (ndaa), controversy has broken out as to whether or not the u.s. government now has the power to indefinitely detain citizens. section 1021 and 1022 of the legislation enacted policies described by "the guardian" as allowing indefinite detention "without trial [of] american terrorism suspects arrested on u.s. soil who could then be shipped to guantánamo bay".
preventive detention
bullet::::- rights of a person arrested under ordinary circumstances is laid down in the right to life and personal liberty. no one can be arrested without being told the grounds for his arrest. if arrested, the person has the right to defend himself by a lawyer of his choice. also, an arrested citizen has to be brought before the nearest magistrate within 24 hours. the rights of a person arrested under ordinary circumstances are not available to an enemy alien. they are also not available to persons detained under the "preventive detention act". under preventive detention, the government can imprison a person for a maximum of three months. it means that if the government feels that a person being at liberty can be a threat to the law and order or to the unity and integrity of the nation, it can detain or arrest that person to prevent him from doing this possible harm. after three months such a case is brought before an advisory board for review.
fundamental rights in india