https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174067 A child eyewitness's testimony may be rejected where material inconsistencies and surrounding circumstances undermine reliability. A judicial confession recorded by a Magistrate is admissible when the Magistrate has taken the prescribed steps to satisfy himself about voluntariness, because the certificate attracts a presumption of regularity and the Magistrate need not be examined unless voluntariness is in doubt. A confession can support conviction if its general tenor is corroborated by independent evidence matching its material particulars, such as motive and the manner of assault. On those principles, the confession was treated as reliable and corroborated. en-us Thu, 19 Feb 1981 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 29 Sep 2015 15:04:04 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174067 A child eyewitness's testimony may be rejected where material inconsistencies and surrounding circumstances undermine reliability. A judicial confession recorded by a Magistrate is admissible when the Magistrate has taken the prescribed steps to satisfy himself about voluntariness, because the certificate attracts a presumption of regularity and the Magistrate need not be examined unless voluntariness is in doubt. A confession can support conviction if its general tenor is corroborated by independent evidence matching its material particulars, such as motive and the manner of assault. On those principles, the confession was treated as reliable and corroborated. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 19 Feb 1981 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174067