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41. The undertrial as well as the convict both are entitled to all the fundamental rights guaranteed in the various Articles of the Constitution, specially Chapter III and all of them are parts of a great scheme to secure some basic rights of the citizen and they are intended and designed to be expanded and not curtailed. The observations of their Lordships of the Supreme Court in the case of Bhuwan Mohan Patnaik v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1974 SC 2092 : (1975 Cri LJ 556) which have been referred in the case of Sunil Batra v. Delhi Administration AIR 1978 SC 1675 : (1978 Cri LJ 1741) and have been reproduced in the decision of T.V. Vatheeswaran v. State of Tamil Nadu, AIR 1983 SC 361 (2) at p. 365 : (1983 Cri LJ 481 at p. 485) are as follows : --