https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171807 A confession recorded without compliance with the mandatory procedure, including the maker's signature, was treated as inadmissible where the making of the statement was disputed; it could not be recharacterised as an extra-judicial confession to cure the defect. In the absence of a legally admissible confession and corroboration, suspicion and last-seen evidence were insufficient, so the wife-accused received the benefit of doubt and her conviction was set aside. By contrast, the remaining accused were convicted on circumstantial evidence because the prosecution proved motive, presence near the scene, the manner and timing of death, joint travel, and recovery of incriminating articles, forming a complete chain inconsistent with innocence. en-us Wed, 14 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 15:07:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171807 A confession recorded without compliance with the mandatory procedure, including the maker's signature, was treated as inadmissible where the making of the statement was disputed; it could not be recharacterised as an extra-judicial confession to cure the defect. In the absence of a legally admissible confession and corroboration, suspicion and last-seen evidence were insufficient, so the wife-accused received the benefit of doubt and her conviction was set aside. By contrast, the remaining accused were convicted on circumstantial evidence because the prosecution proved motive, presence near the scene, the manner and timing of death, joint travel, and recovery of incriminating articles, forming a complete chain inconsistent with innocence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 14 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=171807