https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394073 Discharge under the Customs Act and Gold Control Act was upheld where the prosecution relied mainly on a co-accused's statement and an alleged custodial confession, but produced no independent material linking the accused to the offence. The court found that the identity of the accused had not been independently established, and that the confession was a weak form of evidence because its reliability and voluntariness were not satisfactorily shown. In the absence of corroboration, the prior acquittal of a similarly placed co-accused was treated as a proper factor, and interference with the discharge was declined. en-us Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Nov 2020 12:38:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394073 Discharge under the Customs Act and Gold Control Act was upheld where the prosecution relied mainly on a co-accused's statement and an alleged custodial confession, but produced no independent material linking the accused to the offence. The court found that the identity of the accused had not been independently established, and that the confession was a weak form of evidence because its reliability and voluntariness were not satisfactorily shown. In the absence of corroboration, the prior acquittal of a similarly placed co-accused was treated as a proper factor, and interference with the discharge was declined. Case-Laws Customs Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=394073