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SC: Can’t Give Greater Credibility of Extra-Judicial Confessions Because Newspapers Reported it(03.08.2023)
Supreme Court while observing that newspaper report is only hearsay evidence and can only be treated as secondary evidence under Indian Evidence Act, .....
Tags : Supreme Court, Extra-Judicial Confessions, Hearsay Evidence, Newspaper
Supreme Court: Can’t Use Statement of One Accused against Another(20.05.2025)
SC has observed that the fundamental cannon of criminal jurisprudence is that a statement of one accused person cannot be used against another co-accu.....
Tags : Supreme Court, Fundamental Cannon, Inculpatory Confessions
Gauhati High Court: Confessions under Section 164 CrPC are Inadmissible if Police are Present(28.05.2026)
Gauhati High Court held that a confession recorded by a Judicial Magistrate under Section 164 CrPC in the presence of a police officer cannot be consi.....
Tags : Confessions; Inadmissible; Police