Section 27 IEA carves out an exception relating to confessions in police custody — admitting information that 'distinctly relates' to the fact discovered. This is sometimes called the doctrine of
AEstoppel
BApprover evidence
CHearsay relaxation
DDiscovery — the information leading to discovery of a fact is admissible to the extent so much of it distinctly relates to the fact thereby discovered
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Discovery — the information leading to discovery of a fact is admissible to the extent so much of it distinctly relates to the fact thereby discovered
Section 27 (an exception to ss 25-26) permits proof of so much of the information received from an accused in custody as distinctly relates to the fact thereby discovered. State of UP v Deoman Upadhyaya (1960) is the seminal authority.
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