https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173989 A voluntary judicial confession, read as a whole and found reliable, can sustain conviction; corroboration is ordinarily sought as a matter of prudence, especially where the confession is retracted, but its absence does not by itself destroy admissibility. Liability under Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code may be inferred from proved conduct and surrounding circumstances, not merely from express admission or bare presence; joining an armed unlawful assembly with awareness of its object can establish shared common object. In sentencing, the extreme penalty is not justified unless the facts meet the rarest-of-the-rare threshold, and life imprisonment may replace death where aggravating circumstances are insufficient. en-us Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 26 Sep 2015 10:32:08 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173989 A voluntary judicial confession, read as a whole and found reliable, can sustain conviction; corroboration is ordinarily sought as a matter of prudence, especially where the confession is retracted, but its absence does not by itself destroy admissibility. Liability under Section 149 of the Indian Penal Code may be inferred from proved conduct and surrounding circumstances, not merely from express admission or bare presence; joining an armed unlawful assembly with awareness of its object can establish shared common object. In sentencing, the extreme penalty is not justified unless the facts meet the rarest-of-the-rare threshold, and life imprisonment may replace death where aggravating circumstances are insufficient. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173989