https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458126 Circumstantial evidence formed a complete chain pointing only to the appellant as the assailant, including motive, conduct, recovery of the towel near the body, bloodstains on clothes, the weapon, injuries on the appellant, and his explanation to the doctor; the conviction was therefore sustained. A statement is a confession only if it is a direct and plenary acknowledgement of guilt, not merely an incriminating admission of fact. The appellant's statement that the deceased had bitten him was treated only as an admission showing his presence in the deceased's room, not as a confession, so it was admissible under Section 21 and not barred by Section 26 of the Evidence Act. en-us Fri, 27 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 09 Oct 2024 11:53:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458126 Circumstantial evidence formed a complete chain pointing only to the appellant as the assailant, including motive, conduct, recovery of the towel near the body, bloodstains on clothes, the weapon, injuries on the appellant, and his explanation to the doctor; the conviction was therefore sustained. A statement is a confession only if it is a direct and plenary acknowledgement of guilt, not merely an incriminating admission of fact. The appellant's statement that the deceased had bitten him was treated only as an admission showing his presence in the deceased's room, not as a confession, so it was admissible under Section 21 and not barred by Section 26 of the Evidence Act. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 27 Aug 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458126