https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169261 A co-accused's confession could not, by itself, sustain conviction for murder, conspiracy or kidnapping, because such confession is not evidence in the ordinary sense and can only lend assurance to otherwise reliable independent material. The surrounding circumstances did not satisfactorily prove the appellant's participation in the principal offences, so those convictions were set aside. The evidence did establish assistance in disposing of the body and tying the gunny bag, and the confession could corroborate that limited inference. Conviction for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201 IPC was therefore upheld and the sentence confined to that offence. en-us Tue, 04 Mar 1952 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 09 Apr 2015 15:09:56 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169261 A co-accused's confession could not, by itself, sustain conviction for murder, conspiracy or kidnapping, because such confession is not evidence in the ordinary sense and can only lend assurance to otherwise reliable independent material. The surrounding circumstances did not satisfactorily prove the appellant's participation in the principal offences, so those convictions were set aside. The evidence did establish assistance in disposing of the body and tying the gunny bag, and the confession could corroborate that limited inference. Conviction for causing disappearance of evidence under Section 201 IPC was therefore upheld and the sentence confined to that offence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 04 Mar 1952 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169261