Section 6 in Andhra Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Rules, 2002
6. Procedure for recording of confession (Section 18 of the Act).
(1)The Police Officer not below the rank of Superintendent of Police who is recording the confession shall record as provided in sub-rules (2) to (8) of this rule.(2)When the person whose confession is to be recorded is produced before such Police Officer, no Police Officer who has taken part in the investigation of the offence in connection with which the confession is to be recorded shall be allowed to remain present at the time and place of recording of such confession.(3)The Police Officer recording the confession shall explain to the person making the confession that he is not bound to make such confession and that if he does so, such confession may be used as evidence against him in any proceeding or trial before a Court of law.(4)After having been so explained and warned, if such person adheres to his intention and insists on making a confession, the Police Officer who proposes to record the confession shall give not less than (24) hours of time to such person making the confession for reconsideration of his initiation to make confession.(5)After expiry of the time given under sub-rule (4), when such person is again brought before such Police Officer, he shall once again find out from the person intending to make the confession whether he still intends to make a confession. Upon such person reiterating his intention to make a confession, the Police Officer concerned shall record in writing the confession of such person in the same language and as narrated by the confessor.The confession recorded under sub-rule (5) shall, if it is in writing, be signed by the person who has made such confession or his thumb impression shall be obtained under it, and it shall be signed by Police Officer who has recorded the said confession. Such Police Officer shall, under his own hand, also make a memorandum at the end of the confession to the following effect putting the date and time of the same:"I have explained to (name of the confessor) that he is not bound to make a confession and that if he does so, any confession that he makes, may be used as evidence against him and I am satisfied that this confession has been made voluntarily. It has been made before me and in my hearing and has been recorded by me in the language in which it is made and as narrated by the confessor. I have read it over to the confessor and he has admitted it to the verbatim and correct and containing also full and true account of the confession/statement made by him".(6)Where the confession has been recorded on any mechanical device, the memorandum referred to in sub-rule (6) above, in so far as it is applicable, shall be incorporated in the form of a declaration made by the Police Officer recording the confession, by recording such declaration on confession recorded on the mechanical device at the end of the confession to the effect that the confession recorded on the mechanical device has been correctly recorded in his presence and hearing and that the recorded statement/confession has been played back to the confessor and after hearing it, it has been admitted by him to be full, correct and without any technical faults in recording.(7)The Police Officer recording the confession shall after forwarding the original confession made or retraction, if any, thereof to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the Chief Judicial Magistrate, as provided in sub-section (4) of Section 18 of the Act and after ascertaining that the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the Chief Judicial Magistrate has forwarded the confession to the Special Court for taking cognizance of the offence, supply a copy of the confession recorded by him to the Investigating Officer, who is conducting investigation into the offence in connection with which, or relating to which, such confession has been made, for the purpose of investigation.
