Confessions in Indian Law: A Comprehensive Guide

Confessions to the police are made in admissible under our law but there is no law which places confessions to the Magistrates on the same footing. According to Taylor the admissibility of confessions is not a question of law, but a question of prudence under the circumstances of each case. ... He has, however, given weight to the confessions as admissions of guilt, and has convicted the accused. In my opinion the Ju....

The conviction of the first and second accused rests on confessions made by them to the Magistrate. In those confessions they admitted that they assaulted the deceased, but at the same time they gave details of the circumstances in which the assault took place. ... Gampaha, 30,237 Confession-Charge of murder-Confessions by some accused-Extenuating circumstances disclosed in confession-No evidence given by accused- Confession....

- I agree with the rest of the Court in thinking that the documents in question cannot be regarded as constituting " confessions " within the meaning of section 17 of the Evidence Ordinance, not being " statements " at all. ... Counsel for the defence objected that these specimens of handwriting were one and all inadmissible in evidence, inasmuch as they amounted to ' confessions ' made by accused persons to a police officer while in custody (Evidence....

2025 0 Supreme(SC) 514

Section 15 provides for certain confessions made to police officers to be taken into consideration. Section 15 is as under: 15. Certain confessions made to Police Officers to be taken into consideration. ... There is no record to show from whose custody the accused persons were produced before Shri Suri when the alleged confessions were recorded or whether the accused persons made any desire in writing or orally to get their conf....

2023 Supreme(US)(scotus) 21164

In holding that Bruton's protections extend beyond confessions with names to confessions with blanks, Gray explained that what should matter is not a confession's form but its effects. ... Another noted that, in English practice, where confessions Cite as: 599 U. ... Confessions that use a defendant's name or a symbol of omission—clear Confrontation Clause violation. Confessions that re....

2023 Supreme(US)(scotus) 21168

In holding that Bruton’s protections extend beyond confessions with names to confessions with blanks, Gray explained that what should matter is not a confession’s form but its effects. ... Marsh, the Court “decline[d] to extend [Bruton] further” to “confessions that do not name the defendant.” 481 U. S., at 211. ... S., at 192 (stating that co-defendant confessions are “so prejudicial that limiting instructions cannot work....

2025 0 Supreme(Gau) 799

The confessions which are made by an accused or a person suspected of committing a crime ordinarily, before a person or persons are considered to be extra-judicial confessions. ... Further, the alleged extra-judicial confessions attributed to the appellant cannot be acted upon as the testimony of the witnesses who deposed about such extra-judicial confessions do not inspire any confidence to regard their testimony as trust....

2022 0 Supreme(All) 1553

The section, therefore, by conferring on Magistrates the power to record statements or confessions, by necessary implication, prohibited a Magistrate from giving oral evidence of the statements or confessions made to him." 3.

2023 0 Supreme(All) 1014

Confessions may be divided into two classes, i.e. judicial and extra-judicial. Judicial confessions are those which are made before Magistrate or Court in the course of judicial proceedings. ... As to extra-judicial confessions, two questions arise: (i) were they made voluntarily? and (ii) are they true? ... Extra-judicial confessions are those which are made by the party elsewhere than before a Magistrate or Court. Extra ....

- I do not desire in this matter to lay down any general rules for the guidance of Magistrate in recording confessions although I think certain rules of prudence might very well be formulated for them by the authority who has the power to do so.

2019 0 Supreme(Bom) 1711

There is no denial of the fact that the judicial confessions made are usually retracted. Corroboration of the confessional statement is not a rule of law but a rule of prudence. Whether in a given case corroboration is sufficient would depend upon the facts and circumstances of that case.” Retracted confessions are good confessions if held to have been made voluntarily and in accordance with the provisions of law ….

2015 0 Supreme(Del) 325

There is no denial of the fact that the judicial confessions made are usually retracted. Retracted confessions are good confessions if held to have been made voluntarily and in accordance with the provisions of law. Corroboration of the confessional statement is not a rule of law but a rule of prudence. Whether in a given case corroboration is sufficient would depend upon the facts and circumstances of that case.”

2013 0 Supreme(SC) 270

Whether in a given case corroboration is sufficient would depend upon the facts and circumstances of that case.” There is no denial of the fact that the judicial confessions made are usually retracted. Whether in a given case corroboration is sufficient would depend upon the facts and circumstances of that case.” Corroboration of the confessional statement is not a rule of law but a rule of prudence. Corroboration of the confessional statement is not a rule of law but a rule of prudence. #HL_S....

2013 2 Supreme 257

Retracted confessions are good confessions if held to have been made voluntarily and in accordance with the provisions of law…. Whether in a given case corroboration is sufficient would depend upon the facts and circumstances of that case.” There is no denial of the fact that the judicial confessions made are usually retracted. Corroboration of the confessional statement is not a rule of law but a rule of prudence.

1999 5 Supreme 60

They were given only few hours to reflect if they wanted to make any confession; (3 under the provisions of the Code as amended by TADA, the Police took full remand of the accused for 60 days and when a day or so before the remand was to expire the accused were made to give their confessions. It cannotalso be ruled out that the confessions were obtained by causing physical harm to the accused and playing upon their psychology; (4 confessions of Nalini (A-1 and Arivu (A-18 are otherwise inadmis....