https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309065 A voluntary and truthful judicial confession, corroborated by independent circumstances, can sustain a conviction for rape and murder based on circumstantial evidence. The surrounding facts described a complete chain, including presence at the scene, exclusive access to the location, suspicious conduct, recovery of incriminating articles, and the appellant's statement before the Magistrate. On sentence, the governing capital punishment principles were applied separately from guilt, and the offence was treated as grave but not within the rarest of rare category. The conviction was maintained, while the death sentence was commuted to rigorous imprisonment for life. en-us Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Aug 2023 11:41:48 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309065 A voluntary and truthful judicial confession, corroborated by independent circumstances, can sustain a conviction for rape and murder based on circumstantial evidence. The surrounding facts described a complete chain, including presence at the scene, exclusive access to the location, suspicious conduct, recovery of incriminating articles, and the appellant's statement before the Magistrate. On sentence, the governing capital punishment principles were applied separately from guilt, and the offence was treated as grave but not within the rarest of rare category. The conviction was maintained, while the death sentence was commuted to rigorous imprisonment for life. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=309065