According to Sec. 24 of the Evidence Act. The statements f a person in police custody must be voluntary. If the police is venturing to exhort the statements of a person in custody by using threat or force it is illegal. Hence illegal such confessions also. As per Sec. 25 of the Act confessions to a police officer is inadmissible. At the same time section 26 affirms that if the confession is taken by a police officer it must be in presence of a Magistrate or else it is invalid and in admissible.
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