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Which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 allows a court to consider a proved confession…

Section 24 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 lets the court consider a proved confession against its maker and another person it affects when they are tried jointly…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 allows a court to consider a proved confession affecting its maker and another accused in a joint trial for the same offence, including a trial deemed joint by the Act?

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Section 24 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 lets the court consider a proved confession against its maker and another person it affects when they are tried jointly for the same offence. Explanation I includes abetment and attempt within the term ‘offence’. Under Explanation II, a trial of more than one person held in the absence of an accused who has absconded or fails to comply with a section 84 proclamation under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 is deemed a joint trial for this purpose.

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Section 22 concerns confessions caused by an inducement, threat, coercion or promise, and the associated provisos.

Option B

Section 23 deals with confessions to police, confessions in police custody and the discovery proviso.

Option C

Section 24 governs proved confessions that affect their maker and another accused tried jointly for the same offence. Explanation II specifies when a trial is deemed joint.

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Section 25 concerns whether admissions are conclusive proof and whether they may operate as estoppels.

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