CaseMinister
CaseMinister › Sections › Evidence Act › Section 125

Evidence Act Section 125 in BSA: Section 131

Information as to commission of offences

Section 125 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Information as to commission of offences) corresponds to Section 131 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

Text of BSA Section 131

131. No Magistrate or police officer shall be compelled to say when he got any information as to the commission of any offence, and no revenue officer shall be compelled to say when he got any information as to the commission of any offence against the public revenue.

Explanation.—"revenue officer" means any officer employed in or about the business of any branch of the public revenue.

Full BSA Section 131 and every Evidence Act section it replaced →

Ask CaseMinister about Evidence Act 125 / BSA 131

Get the judgments that apply this section, with the paragraph relied on in each and what later Benches said about it. Two answers free on WhatsApp, no signup.

← Evidence Act 124Evidence Act 126 →