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Section 23, Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 (discovery rule)

Definition

The provision (successor to Section 27 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872) under which information given by a person in police custody is admissible only to the extent that it leads to the discovery of a fact. The statement itself is not evidence; the discovered fact is. This provision is the mechanism through which leads obtained during deception-detection procedures may indirectly influence a case.

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