# Section 23 in THE BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023 – BSA

> Confession to police officer.23. (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 …

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Author: Sudhir Rao — Advocate, Supreme Court of India  
Category: BSA  
Published: 2024-09-08

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**Confession to police officer.**

**23.**(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.

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