https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179142 Confessions under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 may be used against a co-accused only where the confessor and that accused are charged and tried together. A confession by an absconding accused who is not jointly tried is therefore inadmissible against other accused. Rule 15 of the 1987 Rules requires certification of voluntariness, the prescribed memorandum, and other recording safeguards; non-compliance makes the confession inadmissible. Extra-judicial confessions cannot cure those defects. Where confessional material is excluded, motive alone cannot establish guilt, and convictions cannot stand without other admissible evidence linking the accused to the offence. en-us Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:51:35 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179142 Confessions under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act, 1987 may be used against a co-accused only where the confessor and that accused are charged and tried together. A confession by an absconding accused who is not jointly tried is therefore inadmissible against other accused. Rule 15 of the 1987 Rules requires certification of voluntariness, the prescribed memorandum, and other recording safeguards; non-compliance makes the confession inadmissible. Extra-judicial confessions cannot cure those defects. Where confessional material is excluded, motive alone cannot establish guilt, and convictions cannot stand without other admissible evidence linking the accused to the offence. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=179142