Under Section 17 of the Indian Evidence Act, an **admission** is best …

Question

Under Section 17 of the Indian Evidence Act, an **admission** is best described as:

Accepted Answer

A. {'text': 'A statement (oral, documentary, or contained in electronic form) which suggests any inference as to any fact in issue or relevant fact, made by certain persons in certain circumstances', 'label': 'A'}

1. Section 17 of the Indian Evidence Act defines "admission" as a **statement, oral or documentary or contained in electronic form, which suggests any inference as to any fact in issue or relevant fact**.
2. The statement must be made by **certain persons** (Sections 18-20) and under **certain circumstances**.
3. Confession (option B) is a *species* of admission specific to criminal proceedings; not all admissions are confessions.
4. The lesson notes admissions need not be voluntary to be relevant; confessions must be voluntary.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 — Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws, Lesson 11 (Indian Evidence Act, 1872), pp. 251-272._

Answer

{'text': 'A confession of guilt made before a Magistrate by an accused person after recording the relevant statutory warnings prescribed under Section 164 of the Code', 'label': 'B'}

Answer

{'text': 'A pleading filed in any civil suit by any party admitting the entire claim of the opposite party in unequivocal and unambiguous terms in writing', 'label': 'C'}

Answer

{'text': 'A communication made privately by a husband to his wife during the subsistence of the marriage which is protected from disclosure under Section 122 of the Act', 'label': 'D'}