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Which of the following provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 states that no confession…

Section 23(1) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) bars proof against an accused of a confession made to a police…

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Which of the following provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 states that no confession made to a police-officer, shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence.

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Section 23(1) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) bars proof against an accused of a confession made to a police officer. The prohibition applies to the police confession itself, rather than depending only on whether an inducement was shown (the subject of section 22). Section 23(2) addresses confessions in police custody, and its proviso separately permits the limited part of information distinctly related to a discovered fact; section 24 deals with the confession of a co-accused jointly tried for the same offence.

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