https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193122 Material inconsistencies between the principal witness's account and earlier versions, together with non-supply of prior inquest statements to the defence, undermined the reliability of the prosecution evidence because the accused was denied an effective chance to confront contradictions. The commentary also notes that a Magistrate-recorded statement cannot be treated as a confession unless the mandatory safeguards for recording confessions are followed, including warning and satisfaction as to voluntariness. It further states that a statement describing an attempted suicide is not a dying declaration where the maker survives, and cannot be used as substantive evidence against the accused. en-us Thu, 18 Apr 1957 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 11:31:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193122 Material inconsistencies between the principal witness's account and earlier versions, together with non-supply of prior inquest statements to the defence, undermined the reliability of the prosecution evidence because the accused was denied an effective chance to confront contradictions. The commentary also notes that a Magistrate-recorded statement cannot be treated as a confession unless the mandatory safeguards for recording confessions are followed, including warning and satisfaction as to voluntariness. It further states that a statement describing an attempted suicide is not a dying declaration where the maker survives, and cannot be used as substantive evidence against the accused. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 18 Apr 1957 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193122