How much of information received from accused may be proved
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Summary
When an accused person in police custody gives information that leads the police to discover a fact, the part of that information which directly relates to the discovered fact can be proved in evidence. This applies whether or not the information is a confession. Other parts of the accused's statement that do not distinctly relate to the discovered fact cannot be proved under this rule.
Example
Priya is in police custody and tells officers where she hid a neighbour's stolen necklace. Police recover the necklace at that spot. The part of Priya's information that directly led to finding the necklace may be proved in court even though she never confessed to the theft.
Bare Act
Enacted textProvided 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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