https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169489 A retracted confession may sustain conviction where it is voluntary, true, and supported by general corroboration of its essential features. The confession here was recorded by a Magistrate after the prescribed warnings and time for reflection, so allegations of police pressure were rejected and voluntariness was established. It was also found true because it fit the surrounding evidence and probabilities, and minor omissions did not make it unreliable. Corroboration was sufficient because the presence of human blood on seized articles, without explanation, supported the broad version of the confession. The conviction was therefore upheld. en-us Tue, 17 Sep 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:17:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169489 A retracted confession may sustain conviction where it is voluntary, true, and supported by general corroboration of its essential features. The confession here was recorded by a Magistrate after the prescribed warnings and time for reflection, so allegations of police pressure were rejected and voluntariness was established. It was also found true because it fit the surrounding evidence and probabilities, and minor omissions did not make it unreliable. Corroboration was sufficient because the presence of human blood on seized articles, without explanation, supported the broad version of the confession. The conviction was therefore upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 17 Sep 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169489