Section 24 Indian Evidence Act 1872
Section 24 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 is about ‘Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding’. It is under ‘ADMISSIONS’ of Chapter II of the Act. Chapter II is titled ‘OF THE RELEVANCY OF FACTS‘.
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, threat or promise 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.
See also:
Section 23 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Admissions in civil cases when relevant)
Section 25 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Confession to police-officer not to be proved)