Question

in what circumstances are confessions relevant and in what cases are they irrelevant?​

Answer 1

• ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀsɪᴄ ʀᴜʟᴇ ᴏғ ʟᴀᴡ ɪs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴғᴇssɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴀᴅᴍɪssɪʙʟᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ ɪғ ɪᴛ ɪs ᴠᴏʟᴜɴᴛᴀʀʏ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴄɪʀᴄᴜᴍsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇs ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴅᴇғɪɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ sᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ 24, 25 ᴀɴᴅ 26. ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴀᴅᴍɪssɪʙʟᴇ ɪғ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴅᴇᴇᴍᴇᴅ ᴠᴏʟᴜɴᴛᴀʀʏ. ᴀ ᴄᴏɴғᴇssɪᴏɴ ɪs ɴᴏᴛ ᴠᴏʟᴜɴᴛᴀʀʏ ɪғ ᴇɪᴛʜᴇʀ ᴀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛ, ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ, ᴀᴅᴍɪssɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ ᴄᴏɴsᴇɴᴛ ʜᴀs ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ʙʏ ᴀ ᴅᴇғᴇɴᴅᴀɴᴛ.

Answer 2

Section 24 of Indian Evidence Act - confession 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,