Indian Evidence Act
IEA 27 is now BSA 23.
How much of information received from accused may be proved · BSA 23 brings it together with IEA 25 and 26.
Merged
96% of the old wording kept
Old · IEA 1872 · Ch. II
s. 27
How much of information received from accused may be proved
Provided that, when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, in the custody of a police officer, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact thereby discovered, may be proved.
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New · BSA 2023 · Ch. II
s. 23
Confession to police officer.
(1) No confession made to a police officer shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence
(2) No confession made by any person while he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it is made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate shall be proved against him:
Provided that when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, in the custody of a police officer, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact discovered, may be proved.
Text from India Code