State (N.C.T. Of Delhi) vs Navjot Sandhu@ Afsan Guru on 4 August, 2005
said to have made a confession at the police station that
he had concealed the dead body in a platform (a kind of cistern made ... courts below committed a serious error insofar as they failed
to distinguish between a larger conspiracy to commit a murder and
a relatively smaller conspiracy
into the question of confessions and retracted
confessions in some detail. Referring to
confessions in general, this Court made a
distinction between confession and admission ... laid down as
a general rule of practice that it is
unsafe to rely upon a confession much
less on a retracted confession, unless
maker and not
against a co-accused. A confession intended to be used
against a co-accused stands on a lower level than accomplice
evidence ... a
number of confessions without a chance for prior
consultation between the confessing co-accused. But before
even a number of such confessions
statement of a person
making a confession who stands on a better
footing, one need only find out when there is a
retraction whether ... a Court shall not base a conviction on
such a confession without corroboration. It is not a
rule of law, but is only, a rule
confession given
by A-9 Musakhan @ Babakhan. It is to be remembered that
all procedural formalities were complied with in recording
the confession of A ... such a confession is
made admissible under the provisions of the TADA Act . The
mere fact that A-9 Musakhan @ Babakhan retracted
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into the question of confessions and retracted confessions in some detail. Referring to confessions in general, this Court made a distinction between 'confession ... laid down as a general rule of practice that it is unsafe to rely upon a confession much less on a retracted confession, unless
confession given
by A-9 Musakhan @ Babakhan. It is to be remembered that
all procedural formalities were complied with in recording
the confession of A ... such a confession is
made admissible under the provisions of the TADA Act . The
mere fact that A-9 Musakhan @ Babakhan retracted
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confession given
by A-9 Musakhan @ Babakhan. It is to be remembered that
all procedural formalities were complied with in recording
the confession of A ... such a confession is
made admissible under the provisions of the TADA Act . The
mere fact that A-9 Musakhan @ Babakhan retracted
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a confession voluntary and true; yet, as a rule of
practice, it is unsafe to rely upon a confession, particularly, if the
confession stands retracted ... a court shall
not base a conviction on such a confession without
corroboration. It is not a rule of law, but is only a rule