At a roadside dhaba, Mahesh tells his friend Naveen, 'I have finished off my wife for good.' At…

A statement by an accused admitting the offence is a confession, and one made outside court to a private person is "An extra-judicial confession". Neither section 22 (inducement, threat, coercion or promise from a person in authority) nor section 23 (confessions to the police) of the BSA bars it, since Naveen is a friend. It is not judicial, because it was not made before a Magistrate or court; it is not a dying declaration; and it is not hearsay, because Naveen heard it himself.