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21. The expression "confession" is not defined in the Indian Evidence Act. Before the decision by the Judicial Committee in Pakala Naraina Swamy v. Emperor, AIR 1939 PC 47 : (1939) 40 Cri LJ 364 the Courts in India adopted the definition of "confession" as given in Article 22 of Stephens Digest of the law of evidence. According to that definition 'confession' is an admission made at any time by a person charged with crime, stating or suggesting the inference that he committed that crime. This definition was discarded in Pakala Naraina Swamy's case (supra), wherein Lord Atkin observed: