In the context of the law of evidence, which one of the following is a leading case on confession to…

Pyare Lal Bhargava examines the alleged threat by P. N. Singhal, the officiating Chief Secretary conducting the departmental inquiry and the section 24 person-in-authority rule. A confession is excluded when the qualifying inducement, threat or promise appears to have caused it; the Court assesses the actual words and circumstances rather than presuming every warning invalidates a confession.

Current law: BSA section 22 carries forward this exclusion and expressly adds coercion to the listed causes.