https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188948 A retracted judicial confession can still support conviction if it is found voluntary and true. The confession here was recorded by a magistrate after precautionary questioning, with no material showing police pressure or coercion, and surrounding circumstances provided assurance of its reliability. Those circumstances included the accused's employment in the house, his unexplained disappearance after the , recovery of articles at his instance, and his fingerprint on the kitchen door. Earlier recovery of some articles did not discredit the confession, and the extra-judicial confession as well as the co-accused's confession were not relied on for corroboration. en-us Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:28:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188948 A retracted judicial confession can still support conviction if it is found voluntary and true. The confession here was recorded by a magistrate after precautionary questioning, with no material showing police pressure or coercion, and surrounding circumstances provided assurance of its reliability. Those circumstances included the accused's employment in the house, his unexplained disappearance after the , recovery of articles at his instance, and his fingerprint on the kitchen door. Earlier recovery of some articles did not discredit the confession, and the extra-judicial confession as well as the co-accused's confession were not relied on for corroboration. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188948