https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295457 Voluntary confessions recorded under the special anti-terror procedure were treated as admissible substantive evidence once statutory safeguards were shown to have been followed, and the surrounding recoveries and circumstances supplied further corroboration. Criminal conspiracy was held capable of proof by circumstantial evidence, and the coordinated abduction, ransom demands and use of terror were sufficient to establish conspiracy, kidnapping for ransom and the relevant anti-terror offences. On sentencing, the enhanced death penalty was not sustained because the statutory conditions were not strictly established; the punishment was reduced to life imprisonment, with remission restricted for the prescribed period. en-us Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 12 May 2026 12:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295457 Voluntary confessions recorded under the special anti-terror procedure were treated as admissible substantive evidence once statutory safeguards were shown to have been followed, and the surrounding recoveries and circumstances supplied further corroboration. Criminal conspiracy was held capable of proof by circumstantial evidence, and the coordinated abduction, ransom demands and use of terror were sufficient to establish conspiracy, kidnapping for ransom and the relevant anti-terror offences. On sentencing, the enhanced death penalty was not sustained because the statutory conditions were not strictly established; the punishment was reduced to life imprisonment, with remission restricted for the prescribed period. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 22 Aug 2003 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295457