https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=255827 A belated retraction of a confessional statement does not automatically destroy its evidentiary value under FERA. Where the retraction is made after a long delay and no specific facts are shown to support allegations of coercion, pressure, or torture, the statement may still be treated as voluntary. If independent corroborative material supports the admission, it can be relied on to establish contravention and sustain penalty. The operative test is whether the confession was voluntary, true, and sufficiently corroborated; a late and unsupported retraction alone is not enough to render it unusable. en-us Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 24 Jun 2015 15:19:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=255827 A belated retraction of a confessional statement does not automatically destroy its evidentiary value under FERA. Where the retraction is made after a long delay and no specific facts are shown to support allegations of coercion, pressure, or torture, the statement may still be treated as voluntary. If independent corroborative material supports the admission, it can be relied on to establish contravention and sustain penalty. The operative test is whether the confession was voluntary, true, and sufficiently corroborated; a late and unsupported retraction alone is not enough to render it unusable. Case-Laws FEMA Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=255827