https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169491 The Supreme Court held that a confession can be relied on only if the prosecution affirmatively proves it was voluntary; prolonged separate custody immediately before recording, left unexplained by the prosecution, undermined voluntariness. Once the appellant's confession was excluded, the co-accused's confessions could not sustain the conviction because they are not substantive evidence and can only provide assurance to independent evidence. As there was no reliable independent evidence supporting guilt, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the appellant was directed to be released. en-us Wed, 21 Sep 1955 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 23 Apr 2015 11:28:52 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169491 The Supreme Court held that a confession can be relied on only if the prosecution affirmatively proves it was voluntary; prolonged separate custody immediately before recording, left unexplained by the prosecution, undermined voluntariness. Once the appellant's confession was excluded, the co-accused's confessions could not sustain the conviction because they are not substantive evidence and can only provide assurance to independent evidence. As there was no reliable independent evidence supporting guilt, the conviction and sentence were set aside and the appellant was directed to be released. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 21 Sep 1955 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=169491