implicates his co-accused by making a confession.
46. The resultant effect is that the confession of a co-accused is
used against another accused ... conviction of the
person, who did not make the confession, though such confession
can be used as an additional reason for believing the evidence
confession, if the exculpatory statement is of some
fact which if true would negative the offence alleged to be
confessed. Moreover, a confession must either ... meant by the word 'confession'?
29. The word 'confession' has not been defined in the Evidence Act .
For a long time
confession, if the exculpatory statement is of some fact which if true would negative the offence alleged to be confessed. Moreover a confession must either ... applying himself to admissions in criminal cases, and for this purpose defines confessions so as to cover all such admissions in order to have
Evidence Act.
The Indian Evidence Act does not define "confession". For a
long time, the Courts in India adopted the definition ... inference that he has committed a crime.
Shortly put, a confession may be defined as an admission of
the offence by a person charged with
Digest
of the Law of Evidence" which
defines a confession as a
admission made iafc (sic) any
time by a person charged with ... applying himself to
admissions in criminal cases, and
for this purpose defines
confessions so as to cover all
such admissions, in order to have
been defined in the Evidence Act .
Mr. Justice Stephen in his Digest of the Law of Evidence,
defined it thus:
"A confession ... like the Evidence Act , does not define
"confession" and , therefore, the principles enunciated by
this Court with regard to the meaning
Evidence, of which the law as to confessions forms a part. The relevance of confessions is defined in that catena of sections which come under ... provisions of the Code a limitation on the law of confessions as defined by the Evidence Act for which there is no sufficient warrant
Evidence Act deal
with the admissibility of confessions, but the expression
'confession' is not defined. Shortly stated a confession is
a statement made ... with the
admissibility of confessions by accused persons in criminal
cases. But the expression "confession" is not defined. The
Judicial Committee in Pakala
Evidence Act.
11. The Indian Evidence Act does not define
"confession". For a long time, the Courts in
India adopted the definition ... confession, if the exculpatory statement
is of some fact which if true would
negative the offence alleged to be
confessed. Moreover, a confession must
either
admission amounts to "confession" it transgresses into the forbidden field designed in Section 26 . What is a "confession ... Neither the Evidence Act nor other statutes on criminal law defines confession. Privy Council, way back in 1939 in Narayana Swami v. Emperor
