Under Section 24 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, confession of one accused is admissible…

Section 24 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 30 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) permits the court to take into consideration a proved confession affecting its maker and another accused where they are jointly tried for the same offence. Separate trials or unrelated offences do not satisfy that setting. This is limited use, not substantive evidence by itself against the co-accused: Haricharan Kurmi requires evaluation of independent evidence and treats the confession as, at most, supporting assurance. Explanation II to section 24 deems specified trials involving an absent absconding or proclaimed accused to be joint trials.