https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169272 A confession or recorded statement containing both inculpatory and exculpatory elements need not be accepted or rejected as a whole. Where independent evidence exists, the court may act on the part that is consistent with the record and reject portions that are false, inherently improbable, or contradicted by surrounding circumstances. Here, the exculpatory version was found unacceptable in light of the appellant's presence, bloodstained articles, a knife, injury on his hand, and his post-occurrence conduct, so the conviction and sentence were maintained. en-us Mon, 02 Dec 1968 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 11:14:01 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169272 A confession or recorded statement containing both inculpatory and exculpatory elements need not be accepted or rejected as a whole. Where independent evidence exists, the court may act on the part that is consistent with the record and reject portions that are false, inherently improbable, or contradicted by surrounding circumstances. Here, the exculpatory version was found unacceptable in light of the appellant's presence, bloodstained articles, a knife, injury on his hand, and his post-occurrence conduct, so the conviction and sentence were maintained. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 02 Dec 1968 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169272