https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41375 A retracted confession may support conviction when it is materially corroborated by reliable recovery evidence, and the testimony of official witnesses cannot be discarded merely because they are customs officers if it is intrinsically trustworthy. Recoveries of smuggled goods were proved by Customs officials, a police officer and an independent witness, and the absence of a locality witness did not undermine the search evidence where the recoveries were from secluded places and the witnesses were consistent. The High Court erred in rejecting that corroboration, and the conviction and sentence were restored. en-us Tue, 05 Feb 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 26 Sep 2014 12:59:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41375 A retracted confession may support conviction when it is materially corroborated by reliable recovery evidence, and the testimony of official witnesses cannot be discarded merely because they are customs officers if it is intrinsically trustworthy. Recoveries of smuggled goods were proved by Customs officials, a police officer and an independent witness, and the absence of a locality witness did not undermine the search evidence where the recoveries were from secluded places and the witnesses were consistent. The High Court erred in rejecting that corroboration, and the conviction and sentence were restored. Case-Laws Customs Tue, 05 Feb 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=41375