https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169487 A co-accused's confession is not substantive evidence against another accused and can only provide corroboration to existing proof; on that basis, the conviction of one accused was set aside where it rested solely on such a confession. The Court also held that a confession must be voluntary before it can be relied on; a confession appearing unnatural and tainted by police influence was excluded, and the remaining evidence was found insufficient to sustain another conviction. One conviction was maintained where the evidence remained adequate, but convictions dependent on inadmissible or unreliable confession evidence were overturned. en-us Thu, 24 Sep 1936 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 10:57:58 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169487 A co-accused's confession is not substantive evidence against another accused and can only provide corroboration to existing proof; on that basis, the conviction of one accused was set aside where it rested solely on such a confession. The Court also held that a confession must be voluntary before it can be relied on; a confession appearing unnatural and tainted by police influence was excluded, and the remaining evidence was found insufficient to sustain another conviction. One conviction was maintained where the evidence remained adequate, but convictions dependent on inadmissible or unreliable confession evidence were overturned. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 24 Sep 1936 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169487