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Conviction can be Based on Voluntary Extra-Judicial Confession: Supreme Court(08.10.2018)

Supreme Court has said extra-judicial confession is a “weak piece of evidence”, but can be acted upon to convict a person if a court is satisfied that.....

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Allahabad HC Relies Upon Extra-Judicial Confession of Wife to Confirm Life Sentence(05.04.2022)

Allahabad High Court has upheld the life sentence awarded to a wife who killed her husband in concert 18 years back with two others by relying upon he.....

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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, .....

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