https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157825 A voluntary confession recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act by an empowered officer is admissible and is not excluded by Sections 24 to 27 of the Evidence Act merely because the maker is in custody. The decisive factors are voluntariness and whether the person had already acquired the status of an accused so as to attract Article 20(3); an officer exercising powers under the Act is not a police officer for Section 25. A retraction must be proved and supported by material to displace the confession, and corroboration from prosecution evidence strengthens admissibility. en-us Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 15:14:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157825 A voluntary confession recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act by an empowered officer is admissible and is not excluded by Sections 24 to 27 of the Evidence Act merely because the maker is in custody. The decisive factors are voluntariness and whether the person had already acquired the status of an accused so as to attract Article 20(3); an officer exercising powers under the Act is not a police officer for Section 25. A retraction must be proved and supported by material to displace the confession, and corroboration from prosecution evidence strengthens admissibility. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=157825