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The proviso to section 23(2) permits proof of the part of the custodial information, whether or not confessional, that relates distinctly to the fact discovered. In Pulukuri…

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An accused in police custody supplies information that leads police to an object concealed at a particular place. Under the proviso to section 23(2) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, what does the fact discovered encompass?

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The proviso to section 23(2) permits proof of the part of the custodial information, whether or not confessional, that relates distinctly to the fact discovered. In Pulukuri Kottaya v. King-Emperor, AIR 1947 PC 67, the Privy Council explained that discovery in this setting encompasses the place from which the object is produced and the accused's knowledge of it. A statement about the object's past use does not become admissible under the proviso merely because police found the object.

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Option A

The object is relevant to the recovery, but the allegation of an offence does not establish what was discovered.

Option B

The object's past use and the accused's motive do not describe its concealment at the discovered place.

Option C

The discovery concerns the object's concealment at that place and the accused's knowledge of it.

Option D

The proviso permits proof only of information distinctly related to the fact discovered.

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