Has India been able to protect the right against self-incrimination during custodial interrogations?

Even though the right against self-incrimination has been made a fundamental right through Article 20(3) of the Constitution, the Supreme Court of India has created a jurisprudence that favours investigation agencies.
Has India been able to protect the right against self-incrimination during custodial interrogations?
Vinayak Chawla

Vinayak Chawla graduated from the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (NUJS) and is practising as a criminal lawyer in Delhi. He regularly appears before the Delhi High Court and trial courts, handling cases on a variety of laws, including those relating to bodily crimes, prevention of children from sexual offences, money laundering, sedition and terrorism, drugs and narcotics. He is interested in theatre and attends plays and acting workshops whenever he gets an opportunity.

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