23 Bsa - Confession to police officer

Section 23 : Confession to police officer - Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023

23. (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.

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

Section 21 Admissions in civil cases when relevant

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

Section 23 Confession to police officer

Section 24 Consideration of proved confession affecting person making it and others jointly under trial for same offence

Section 25 Admissions not conclusive proof, but may estop

Section 26 Cases in which statement of relevant fact by person who is dead or cannot be found, etc., is relevant

Section 27 Relevancy of certain evidence for proving, in subsequent proceeding, truth of facts therein stated

Section 28 Entries in books of account when relevant

Section 29 Relevancy of entry in public record or an electronic record made in performance of duty

Section 30 Relevancy of statements in maps, charts and plans