Evidence Section 25
Confession to police officer — not provable
BSA Section 23— Confession to police officer.
Effective for any FIR, charge sheet, or filing on or after 1 July 2024. Matters that arose before that date continue under the Evidence.
No confession made to a police officer is provable against the accused. Similarly, no confession made while in police custody is provable unless made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate. However, where a fact is discovered as a consequence of information received from an accused in police custody, so much of that information as distinctly relates to the fact discovered is admissible, whether or not it amounts to a confession.
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