CrPC Section 316: No influence to be used to induce disclosure
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 · Chapter 24: General Provisions as
Repealed on 1 July 2024 and replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS).
316. No influence to be used to induce disclosure.- Except as provided in sections 306 and 307 no influence by means of any promise or threat or otherwise, shall be used to an accused person to induce him to disclose or withhold any matter within his knowledge.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 300. Person once convicted or acquitted not to be tried for same offence
- 301. Appearance by public prosecutors
- 302. Permission to conduct prosecution
- 303. Right of person against whom proceedings are instituted to be defended
- 304. Legal aid to accused at State expense in certain cases
- 305. Procedure when corporation or registered society is an accused
- 306. Tender of pardon to accomplish
- 307. Power to direct tender of pardon
- 308. Trial of person not complying with conditions of pardon
- 309. Power to postpone or adjourn proceedings
- 310. Local inspection
- 311. Power to summon material witness, or examine person present
- 311A. Power of Magistrate to order person to give specimen signatures or handwriting
- 312. Expenses of complainants and witnesses
- 313. Power to examine the accused
- 314. Oral arguments and memorandum of arguments
- 315. Accused person to be competent witness
- 317. Provision for inquiries and trial being held in the absence of accused in certain cases
- 318. Procedure where accused does not understand proceedings
- 319. Power to proceed against other persons appearing to be guilty of offence
- 320. Compounding of offences
- 321. Withdrawal from prosecution
- 322. Procedure in cases which Magistrate cannot dispose of
- 323. Procedure when, after commencement of inquiry or trial, Magistrate finds case should be committed
- 324. Trial of persons previously convicted of offences against coinage, stamp law or property
- 325. Procedure when Magistrate can not pass sentence sufficiently severe
- 326. Conviction or commitment on evidence partly recorded by one Magistrate and partly by another
- 327. Court to be open