As per the provisions of Section 23(1) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, confession made to a…

Section 23(1) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) prohibits proving a confession made to a police officer against the accused. The confession does not become admissible merely because direct evidence is absent or other evidence corroborates it. The proviso to section 23(2) (formerly section 27) separately allows the limited part of custodial information that distinctly relates to a discovered fact; it does not admit the entire police confession.