https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157683 A confession purportedly recorded under Section 164 CrPC is admissible only if the magistrate is authorised and the prescribed procedure is strictly followed. The statutory mode of exercise is mandatory, so a confession recorded in breach of those requirements cannot be validated by oral evidence. Section 533 does not dilute the procedure; it permits oral proof only where compliance actually occurred but is not reflected in the record. Allowing oral evidence to cure non-compliance would defeat the safeguards in Sections 164 and 364. Oral evidence was therefore inadmissible, and the acquittal remained undisturbed. en-us Fri, 16 Aug 1963 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:51:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157683 A confession purportedly recorded under Section 164 CrPC is admissible only if the magistrate is authorised and the prescribed procedure is strictly followed. The statutory mode of exercise is mandatory, so a confession recorded in breach of those requirements cannot be validated by oral evidence. Section 533 does not dilute the procedure; it permits oral proof only where compliance actually occurred but is not reflected in the record. Allowing oral evidence to cure non-compliance would defeat the safeguards in Sections 164 and 364. Oral evidence was therefore inadmissible, and the acquittal remained undisturbed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Aug 1963 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157683