PR-0081Principles · Evidence · Wanted
Confession of a Co-Accused
Scope
The limited use of one accused’s confession against another: to lend assurance to other evidence, never as the basis of conviction.
Authorities to start from
- Indian Evidence Act, 1872, § 30 (now Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, § 24)
- Kashmira Singh v. State of M.P., AIR 1952 SC 159
- Haricharan Kurmi v. State of Bihar, AIR 1964 SC 1184
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