my friends kishor mehta...
article 20 says that
(1) No person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the commission of the Act charged as an offence, nor be subjected to a penalty greater than that which might have been inflicted under the law in force at the time of the commission of the offence.
(2) No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.
(3) No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself...
if any foreigner accused say that the term "person" means citizen and I am not a citizen of India so I should not be persecuted in any court of India for any crime then will it be right?
if person means citizen of India then why Articles 15, 16,18 and 19 mention the term citizen? it should have mentioned just "person".
article 18 mentions both terms citizen(s) and person. in clause 4 it includes both citizens and non-citizens. clause 3 talks only about non-citizens and clause 2 talks only about citizens.