Evidence Act, 1872, Section 27 -- Disclosure statement - Except fact which is revealed by accused in custody about discovery, no other fact relating to acceptance of guilt, close to confession, cannot be treated as legal evidence u/s 27 of Evidence Act...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Extra judicial confession - Confession by accused made before 200-300 persons, wherein firstly accused refused before them regarding commission of murder but on being insisted and repeatedly asked he has made confession that he has committed murder of his brother - Extra judicial confession..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 164, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 26 -- Confession - Recording of confession by Executive Magistrate while accused was in police custody and in presence of police officials - Inadmissible in evidence - Magistrate appearing in S.26 of Evidence Act refers only to a Judicial Magistrate of first class or a Metropolitan Magistrate...........
Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, Section 8, 21, 29, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 439 -- Recovery of 2600 bottles of Codeine Phosphate - Bail - Recovery effected from the house of co-accused which fall under the category of commercial quantity - Petitioner roped in the crime on basis of confession of co-accused, which is not admissible - Prima..........
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, Section 6 -- Penetrative sexual assault - Victim complained of having been raped by accused/step father several times since 2013 - However, victim reported the matter to her mother in 2016 - Confession of accused corroborated what victim had to say - This was a case of aggravated penetrative sexual assault upon step..........
Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Section 7, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Illegal gratification - Extra judicial confession - Evidence of PW1, PW2 and PW3 shows that confessional statement made by Officer did not appear to be voluntary, as they were already aware about the racket of touts in recruitment scam - PWs admitted that officer was part of team - No material..........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 25 -- Extra judicial confession - Before Police officer is inadmissible and cannot be proved against accused...........
Evidence Act, 1872, Section 25, 26 -- Confession in custody - Admissibility - Confessional statement recorded in custody is weak piece of evidence and in absence of any corroborative evidence, no reliance can be placed upon such statement...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 379, 201, 34 -- Murder - Circumstantial evidence - Extra judicial confession - Accused confessed the crime before PWs 1 to 4 - Evidence of these PWs is not consistent with each other - Extra judicial confession leading to discovery of dead body not proved...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 302, 397, Evidence Act, 1872, Section 24 -- Murder - Robbery - Circumstantial evidence - Extra judicial confession - Accused gave extra judicial confession before PW6 - However, trial Court rejected said extra judicial confession on the ground that complainant had seen the accused in police station one day prior to said confession - Case of..........
