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Jul 10, 2019 · Section 26 prohibits the judicial bodies to prove the guilt of accused by his confession which is made to police in police custody. Section 26 imposes a partial ban on provisions stated in Section 25 that confession made to the police officer in police custody may be admissible if the confession recorded in the immediate presence of a magistrate.
CONFESSION TO POLICE OFFICER NOT TO BE PROVED By - Saurabh Kumar, 3rd Year, WBNUJS INTRODUCTION This article is an attempt to understand how the concept of confession to a police officer not to be proved is applied. It will try and explain how this concept functions, its specifics and certain exceptions that can be applied to the same.
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Aug 26, 2021 · INTRODUCTION. In section 25 of the Evidence Act, 1872 it is expressly given that the confessions that are made in front of the police officials shall not be allowed to be proven against a person who is accused of any type of offence/wrong. The reason for not allowing this confession is police can torture or force the wrongdoer for confessing a ...
Oct 31, 2015 · Supreme Court: Dealing with the question relating to admissibility of confessional statement made by an accused under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, 1872, the Court explained the law by stating that Section 25 of the Evidence Act provides that no confession made to a Police Officer shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence. Section 26 provides that no confession made by any person while he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it be made in the immediate presence of ...
Confession to police Section 25 – confession to police officer not to be proved. No confession made to a police officer shall be proved as against a person accused of any offence. Reasons for exclusion of confession to police- another variety of confessions that are under the evidence act regarded as involuntary are those made to a personnel.
Sep 25, 2023 · In the case on hand, though Rajesh Yadav was taken to the police station, be it on 29.03.2013 or even earlier, he could not be said to be in ‘police custody’ till he was arrested at 18:30 ...
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Mar 7, 2023 · A “confession” made to a “police officer”, by a person (presently or subsequently) accused of an offence cannot be proved against him and is, therefore, inadmissible in evidence before a...