https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275540 A conviction under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 can be sustained on a co-accused's extra-judicial confession when the confession is voluntary and is corroborated by other reliable material. The Court treated the custody-recorded confession, the witness who transcribed it, earlier disclosures, material recoveries, and surrounding circumstances as adequate support, including the accused's linkage to an organised wildlife-poaching network and prior involvement in similar offences. On that combined evidentiary basis, the challenge to the findings of guilt failed and the conviction was upheld. en-us Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:59:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275540 A conviction under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 can be sustained on a co-accused's extra-judicial confession when the confession is voluntary and is corroborated by other reliable material. The Court treated the custody-recorded confession, the witness who transcribed it, earlier disclosures, material recoveries, and surrounding circumstances as adequate support, including the accused's linkage to an organised wildlife-poaching network and prior involvement in similar offences. On that combined evidentiary basis, the challenge to the findings of guilt failed and the conviction was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275540