https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400300 Officers exercising investigative powers under Section 53 of the NDPS Act are treated as police officers for Section 25 of the Evidence Act because they possess powers analogous to police investigation, including powers linked to investigation and report submission; confessional statements made to them are therefore inadmissible. Section 67 is only an enabling provision for inquiry, information-gathering, and examination, and does not create any statutory exception allowing conviction on the basis of confessional statements. In the absence of an express override and accompanying safeguards, such statements cannot be treated as substantive confessional evidence, consistent with the constitutional protection against compelled self-incrimination. en-us Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400300 Officers exercising investigative powers under Section 53 of the NDPS Act are treated as police officers for Section 25 of the Evidence Act because they possess powers analogous to police investigation, including powers linked to investigation and report submission; confessional statements made to them are therefore inadmissible. Section 67 is only an enabling provision for inquiry, information-gathering, and examination, and does not create any statutory exception allowing conviction on the basis of confessional statements. In the absence of an express override and accompanying safeguards, such statements cannot be treated as substantive confessional evidence, consistent with the constitutional protection against compelled self-incrimination. Case-Laws Customs Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=400300