https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295497 A confession recorded under the TADA Act is admissible only if the statutory safeguards are strictly complied with and voluntariness is clearly proved; where the record does not establish the required warning, free atmosphere, and absence of duress, the confession cannot be acted upon and is inadmissible. Co-accused confessions cannot be used against an accused in the absence of a joint trial in the same case; where the accused is tried separately, that condition fails and the confessions are inadmissible against him. On these principles, the conviction was found unsustainable and the appeal resulted in acquittal. en-us Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:35:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295497 A confession recorded under the TADA Act is admissible only if the statutory safeguards are strictly complied with and voluntariness is clearly proved; where the record does not establish the required warning, free atmosphere, and absence of duress, the confession cannot be acted upon and is inadmissible. Co-accused confessions cannot be used against an accused in the absence of a joint trial in the same case; where the accused is tried separately, that condition fails and the confessions are inadmissible against him. On these principles, the conviction was found unsustainable and the appeal resulted in acquittal. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 01 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295497