{"id":6641,"date":"2015-06-03T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/sccblog\/?p=6641"},"modified":"2015-11-23T18:01:25","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T12:31:25","slug":"sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court<\/span><\/b>: Dealing with the question of admissibility of confessional statements so as to establish criminal conspiracy vide Section 120B of the Penal Code, 1860, a bench comprising of \u00a0Dr. A.K. Sikri and UU Lalit observed that the High Court\u2019s approach of relying upon the confessional statements, otherwise inadmissible, with the aid of ‘other connected evidence’ is contrary to law.<\/span><\/p>\n

The inadmissibility of confessional statements, as submitted by advocate Sushil Kumar on behalf of the Appellants, \u00a0stood accepted and established by the Court owing to the joint operation of Sections 25 and 26 of the \u00a0Evidence Act, 1872,whereby confession to a police officer and confession made by an accused in police custody do not stand proved as against him.\u00a0T<\/a>he definition of the term ‘confession’ meanwhile, was restricted to \u201cmean a direct acknowledgment of guilt and not the admission of an incriminating fact, howsoever grave or conclusive\u201d. Extending its deliberation to Section 27 of the Evidence Act, 1872, the Court observed that it serves as a proviso to Sections 25 and 26 of the Evidence Act, stipulating that information received from an accused, while in police custody, may be used against him only to the extent that it has led directly to the discovery of a fact and provided that the information given must relate \u201cdistinctly\u201d to the fact discovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

While considering the question as to whether a confessional statement made by a co-conspirator in a separate case is relevant to prove the charge of conspiracy, the bench relied on the observations made and decisions laid down in Mohd. Khalid<\/i> v. State of West Bengal <\/i>(2002) 7 SCC 334 and Firozuddin Basheeruddin<\/i> v. State of Kerala<\/i> (2001) 7 SCC 596 so as to declare that once the common intention has ceased to exist, as in the case of a post-arrest statement, any statement made by a former conspirator thereafter cannot be regarded as one made in reference to their common intention,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Indra Dalal v. State of Haryana,\u00a02015 SCC OnLine SC 523<\/a><\/span>, decided on May 29, 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court: Dealing with the question of admissibility of confessional statements so as to establish criminal conspiracy vide Section 120B of the <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":154914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2983],"class_list":["post-6641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-supremecourt","tag-Confession"],"yoast_head":"\nSustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Supreme Court: Dealing with the question of admissibility of confessional statements so as to establish criminal conspiracy vide Section 120B of the\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-03T11:06:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-11-23T12:31:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1330\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/\",\"name\":\"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-03T11:06:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-23T12:31:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg\",\"width\":1330,\"height\":887},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\",\"name\":\"Sucheta\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sucheta\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/legal_editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements","og_description":"Supreme Court: Dealing with the question of admissibility of confessional statements so as to establish criminal conspiracy vide Section 120B of the","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2015-06-03T11:06:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-11-23T12:31:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1330,"height":887,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sucheta","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sucheta","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/","name":"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","datePublished":"2015-06-03T11:06:00+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-23T12:31:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","width":1330,"height":887},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa","name":"Sucheta","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sucheta"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/legal_editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6639,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/06\/03\/sustainability-of-convictions-on-the-basis-of-confessional-statements-discussed\/","url_meta":{"origin":6641,"position":0},"title":"Sustainability of convictions on the basis of confessional statements, discussed","author":"Sucheta","date":"June 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: Dealing with the question of admissibility of confessional statements so as to establish criminal conspiracy vide Section 120B of the Penal Code, 1860, a bench comprising of \u00a0Dr. A.K. Sikri and UU Lalit observed that the High Court\u2019s approach of relying upon the confessional statements, otherwise inadmissible, with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Supreme Court"","block_context":{"text":"Supreme Court","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/supremecourt\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22231,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2015\/10\/31\/extent-of-admissibility-of-confessional-statement-under-s-27-of-the-evidence-act-1872-explained\/","url_meta":{"origin":6641,"position":1},"title":"Extent of admissibility of confessional statement under S. 27 of the Evidence Act, 1872 explained","author":"Sucheta","date":"October 31, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: Dealing with the question relating to admissibility of confessional statement made by an accused under Section 27 of the Evidence Act, 1872, the Court explained the law by stating that Section 25 of the Evidence Act provides that no confession made to a Police Officer shall be proved\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":258272,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/12\/09\/accused-cannot-be-convicted-for-conspiracy-only-on-the-basis-of-co-accuseds-confession-sc\/","url_meta":{"origin":6641,"position":2},"title":"Accused cannot be convicted for conspiracy only on the basis of co-accused’s confession: SC","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"December 9, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cA few bits here and a few bits there on which prosecution relies, cannot be held to be adequate for connecting the accused with the commission of crime of criminal conspiracy.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/MicrosoftTeams-image-7-1.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":344103,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/03\/21\/supreme-court-upholds-acquittal-6-accused-1990-murder-kashmir-university-vc\/","url_meta":{"origin":6641,"position":3},"title":"1990 Kashmir University VC murder case | Supreme Court upholds acquittal of six accused due to procedural lapses in TADA confessions","author":"Apoorva","date":"March 21, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cIn this case, the procedural safeguards were completely disregarded. The Special Court refrained from explicitly stating or declaring that this amounted to an abuse of power and authority. It was indeed a sad reflection on how the investigation and trial unfolded, where truth and justice, for both the victims and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"1990 Kashmir University VC murder","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1990-Kashmir-University-VC-murder.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1990-Kashmir-University-VC-murder.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1990-Kashmir-University-VC-murder.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/1990-Kashmir-University-VC-murder.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":238187,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2020\/10\/29\/officers-designated-under-section-53-of-the-ndps-act-are-police-officer-within-the-meaning-of-section-25-of-the-evidence-act-sc-holds-in-21-verdict-detailed-report\/","url_meta":{"origin":6641,"position":4},"title":"Officers designated under Section 53 of the NDPS Act are “Police Officer” within the meaning of section 25 of the Evidence Act; SC holds in 2:1 verdict [Detailed Report]","author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","date":"October 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Any confessional statement made to the Officers designated under Section 53 of the NDPS Act is inadmissible.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":199345,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/08\/01\/confession-of-an-accused-is-not-by-itself-a-substantive-evidence-against-other-co-accused-can-be-used-to-lend-assurance-to-the-court-sc\/","url_meta":{"origin":6641,"position":5},"title":"Confession of an accused is not, by itself, a substantive evidence against other co-accused; can be used to lend assurance to the Court: SC","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"August 1, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of Abhay Manohar Sapre and UU Lalit, JJ. allowed a criminal appeal filed against the judgment passed by Punjab and Haryana High Court whereby it affirmed the appellant\u2019s conviction for offences punishable under Section 21(c) read with Section 29\u00a0 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Supreme-Court_Colour.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}