https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=754387 A plea of guilt recorded at the stage of notice under Section 251 CrPC was treated as voluntary and valid where the notice was clear, the accused was represented by counsel, the plea was recorded in the accused's own words, and no contemporaneous objection was raised. The Delhi HC found that the accused did not challenge the recording until after conviction and sentence, and noted that connected proceedings on the same day showed a not-guilty plea elsewhere, supporting the conclusion that the admission here was conscious. Authorities cited by the accused were distinguished on the basis that those pleas were not properly explained, not properly recorded, or lacked a proper record. The conviction and sentence were upheld. en-us Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 22 Jun 2024 10:21:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=754387 A plea of guilt recorded at the stage of notice under Section 251 CrPC was treated as voluntary and valid where the notice was clear, the accused was represented by counsel, the plea was recorded in the accused's own words, and no contemporaneous objection was raised. The Delhi HC found that the accused did not challenge the recording until after conviction and sentence, and noted that connected proceedings on the same day showed a not-guilty plea elsewhere, supporting the conclusion that the admission here was conscious. Authorities cited by the accused were distinguished on the basis that those pleas were not properly explained, not properly recorded, or lacked a proper record. The conviction and sentence were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=754387