https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291237 A statement amounting to an admission of guilt may qualify as a confession even if uttered by the accused to himself, but its contents must be proved with cogent evidence and it should not ordinarily be the sole basis of conviction. The Court treated the accused's spoken admission as admissible extra-judicial confession and found that the surrounding circumstances formed a complete chain pointing to guilt. The confession served as corroboration of the circumstantial evidence, and the conviction and sentence for murder were upheld. en-us Tue, 16 Feb 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 02 Nov 2020 15:32:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291237 A statement amounting to an admission of guilt may qualify as a confession even if uttered by the accused to himself, but its contents must be proved with cogent evidence and it should not ordinarily be the sole basis of conviction. The Court treated the accused's spoken admission as admissible extra-judicial confession and found that the surrounding circumstances formed a complete chain pointing to guilt. The confession served as corroboration of the circumstantial evidence, and the conviction and sentence for murder were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Feb 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=291237