conducted in terms of general provisions under Ss. 93-105 or special powers of search and seizure after arrest under Ss. 51-52 of the Code. It is significant that the Code that has express provision like S. 162 which, prohibits statements given to the police during investigation from being admitted as evidence, also contains provisions like proviso to S. 162, that permits use of discovery evidence under S.27, S.32(1) of the Evidence Act or S. 164, that provides elaborate measure for judicial recording of confession. The conditions required to be met before recording a confession in terms of S. 164 provides adequate safeguards against the aberration of extorting confession. In the post investigation stage confessions are to be recorded in terms of Sec.281 of the Code. 2