law: The Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002
  32. Certain
  
  confessions made to police officers to be taken into consideration.-
  1.  Notwithstanding
  
  anything in the Code or in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), but
  
  subject to the provisions of this section, a confession made by a person before
  
  police officer not lower in rank than a Superintendent of Police and recorded
  
  by such police officer either in writing or on any mechanical or electronic
  
  device like cassettes, tapes or sound tracks from out of which sound or images
  
  can be reproduced, s all be admissible in the trial of such person for an
  
  offence under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
  2.  A
  
  police officer shall, before recording any confession made by a person under
  
  sub-section (1), explain to such person in writing that he is not bound to make
  
  a confession and that if he does so, it may be used against him: Provided that
  
  where such person prefers to remain silent, the police officer shall not compel
  
  or induce him to make any confession.
  3.  The
  
  confession shall be recorded in an atmosphere free from threat or inducement
  
  and shall be in the same language in which the person makes it.
  4.  The
  
  person from whom a confession has been recorded under sub-section (1), shall be
  
  produced before the Court of a Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the Court of a
  
  Chief Judicial Magistrate along with the original statement of confession,
  
  written or r corded on mechanical or electronic device within forty-eight
  
  hours.
  5. The
  
  Chief Metropolitan Magistrate or the Chief Judicial Magistrate, shall, record
  
  the statement, if any, made by the person so produced and get his signature or
  
  thumb impression and if there is any complaint of torture, such person shall be
  
  directed o be produced for medical examination before a Medical Officer not
  
  lower in rank than an Assistant Civil Surgeon and thereafter, he shall be sent
  
  to judicial custody.