relied upon for conviction
when such confession was properly recorded as per law and
was voluntary. Such confession has to be sufficiently
corroborated ... Bhargava
vs. State of Rajasthan ) in support of his contention that,
retracted confession may form the legal basis of a conviction if
the Court
statements contained in the confessions of the co-
accused persons stand on a different footing. In cases
where such confessions are relied upon ... also be recalled that though an application
was made for retracting the confession made by the
appellant, neither was any order passed on the said
basis of confession of the accused.
56. Satbir Singh (supra), observed as follows :-
" 28. In deciding whether a particular confession
attracts the frown ... case, only accused, namely Khalid Khan
made a confession before the Ld. Magistrate and subsequently he
retracted during the examination under Section
The State Of West Bengal & Ors vs Asif Iqbal Laskar on 3 August, 2023
