A former Chief Minister of Odisha refused to answer written police interrogatories in a disproportionate-assets case, and was prosecuted under s.179 IPC. A three-judge Supreme Court bench held that Article 20(3) operates from the stage of police interrogation, that 'compulsion' includes psychological and environmental pressure, and that an accused may have a lawyer present during examination. A digest of the facts, the holding, and the case's lineage into Selvi.