LawgistThe Indian Evidence Act
24Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding
A confession made by an accused person is irrelevant in a criminal proceeding, if the making of the confession appears to the Court to have been caused by any inducement, threat or 1promise having reference to the charge against the accused person, proceeding from a person in authority and sufficient, in the opinion of the Court, to give the accused person grounds which would appear to him reasonable for supposing that by making it he would gain any advantage or avoid any evil of a temporal nature in reference to the proceedings against him.
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1. For prohibition of such inducements, etc., see the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act of 1974), s. 316.
ADMISSIONS
- 17 Admission defined
- 18 Admission –– by party to proceeding or his agent; by suitor in representative character; by party interested in subject-matter; by person from whom interest derived
- 19 Admissions by persons whose position must be proved as against party to suit
- 20 Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit
- 21 Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf
- 22 When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant
- 22A When oral admission as to contents of electronic records are relevant
- 23 Admissions in civil cases when relevant
- 24 Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding
- 25 Confession to police-officer not to be proved
- 26 Confession by accused while in custody of Police not to be proved against him
- 27 How much of information received from accused, may be proved
- 28 Confession made after removal of impression caused by inducement, threat or promise, relevant
- 29 Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of promise of secrecy, etc
- 30 Consideration of proved confession affecting person making it and others jointly under trial for same offence
- 31 Admissions not conclusive proof, but may estop
