Confession to police officer
Chapter 2: Relevancy of facts
(1) No confession made to a police officer shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence.
(2) No confession made by any person while he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it is made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate shall be proved against him:
Provided that when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, in the custody of a police officer, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact discovered, may be proved.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 19Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalfEvidence Act 21
- 20When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevantEvidence Act 22
- 21Admissions in civil cases when relevantEvidence Act 23
- 22Confession caused by inducement, threat, coercion or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceedingEvidence Act 24
- 24Consideration of proved confession affecting person making it and others jointly under trial for same offenceEvidence Act 30
- 25Admissions not conclusive proof, but may estopEvidence Act 31