not an american but there is a concept of self incrimination. the idea is a person is not going to be forced to give evidence against himself. like no court can

not an american but there is a concept of self incrimination. the idea is a person is not going to be forced to give evidence against himself. like no court can force an accused to say "say i have killed him, then convict him because he said that himself" or as it stands in india, "The Indian Constitution provides immunity to an accused against self-incrimination under Article 20(3) – ‘No person accused of an offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself’. It is based on the legal maxim “nemo teneteur prodre accussare seipsum”, which means “No man is obliged to be a witness against himself.”"