Difference between revisions of "India Criminal Defense Manual - Client Interview"

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m. Were you presented a FIR or told on what grounds you were being detained?
 
m. Were you presented a FIR or told on what grounds you were being detained?
 
    
 
    
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n. Was anyone else arrested at the same time you were?  If so, do you know their names, addresses and telephone numbers and how to contact their family members?  Do you know what offenses they were charged with?
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2. Search and Seizure
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a. Were you strip-searched?
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b. What has been taken from your person?
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c. Were any of your clothes seized?  Were any articles taken from your clothes?
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d. Were any of your bodily fluids or hairs taken for testing?
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e. Was a search conducted at the place of your arrest?
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f. Was a search conducted at your residence?
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g. Was a search conducted at your workplace?
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h. Do you know of any other people or places that were searched?
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If so, what are the people's names, addresses and telephone numbers?  What are the addresses of the places searched, and what types of places are they (e.g., residences, workplaces)?
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i. Did you see the police or investigators seize any evidence?
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j. What objects were seized?
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k. Was there a search warrant, and did you see it?  Did you understand it?
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l. Were there any witnesses present at the time of the search? If so, what are their names, addresses and telephone numbers?
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m. Was the search recorded?  Did the investigators sign it?  Did you sign it?  Did anyone else sign it?
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n. Did the investigators make a detailed list and duplicate copy of the articles and documents seized at the scene?  Did they give a copy of the list to the owner of the seized items?
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3. Interrogation
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a. What was said to you at the time of your arrest?
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b. What was said to you after your arrest?
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c. Who interrogated you; did they wear nametags or other means of personal identification?  How many people interrogated you?
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
  
 
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