Law of Evidence

“Confessions” under the Indian Evidence Act An Analysis of the Precedent

“Confessions” under the Indian Evidence Act: An Analysis of the Precedent

The term “Confession” has nowhere been defined or expressed under the Indian Evidence Act [herein after referred to as the Act] but the conjecture explained under the definition of “admission” in Section 17 of the Act is also applicable to confessions in the same manner. Nonetheless, section 17 expressly states “that any statement may it …

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