Evidence Section 24

BSA Section 22— Confession caused by inducement, threat, coercion or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding.

Effective for any FIR, charge sheet, or filing on or after 1 July 2024. Matters that arose before that date continue under the Evidence.

A confession made by an accused is irrelevant in a criminal proceeding if it was caused by inducement, threat, coercion, or promise from a person in authority, relating to the charge, and sufficient to make the accused believe he would gain an advantage or avoid a temporal evil. Once the impression of such inducement is fully removed, a subsequent confession becomes relevant. A confession is not rendered irrelevant merely because it was made under a promise of secrecy, by deception, while drunk, in answer to questions the accused need not have answered, or without a warning of the right to remain silent.