https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196795 Under a special anti-terror statute, sanction for prosecution must reflect independent application of mind to the investigation material, and a defective sanction is invalid. Confessions recorded by police are admissible only where the statutory warnings, free atmosphere, timely production before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and custody safeguards are strictly followed; serious departures render them inadmissible. Accomplice testimony requires independent corroboration in material particulars, and disputed documentary recoveries and handwriting evidence must be proved to a reliable standard. Retracted confessions and uncorroborated accomplice evidence cannot, by themselves, sustain proof of conspiracy or conviction. en-us Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 08:45:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196795 Under a special anti-terror statute, sanction for prosecution must reflect independent application of mind to the investigation material, and a defective sanction is invalid. Confessions recorded by police are admissible only where the statutory warnings, free atmosphere, timely production before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, and custody safeguards are strictly followed; serious departures render them inadmissible. Accomplice testimony requires independent corroboration in material particulars, and disputed documentary recoveries and handwriting evidence must be proved to a reliable standard. Retracted confessions and uncorroborated accomplice evidence cannot, by themselves, sustain proof of conspiracy or conviction. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=196795