https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460864 Properly recorded confessions under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act were treated as substantive evidence, and could be relied on against the maker and, with appropriate evidentiary weight, against a co-accused tried in the same case; corroborative telephone records, recoveries and identification evidence reinforced conviction. On the evidence, the convictions of Accused Nos. 1, 4 and 8 were maintained, while the High Court's acquittal of Accused Nos. 5 and 6 was set aside because eyewitness, test identification, recovery, ballistic and confessional material established their participation beyond reasonable doubt. The death penalty for Accused No. 7 was not restored because capital punishment is confined to the narrowest cases and the lesser sentence was not shown to be unquestionably foreclosed. en-us Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:02:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460864 Properly recorded confessions under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act were treated as substantive evidence, and could be relied on against the maker and, with appropriate evidentiary weight, against a co-accused tried in the same case; corroborative telephone records, recoveries and identification evidence reinforced conviction. On the evidence, the convictions of Accused Nos. 1, 4 and 8 were maintained, while the High Court's acquittal of Accused Nos. 5 and 6 was set aside because eyewitness, test identification, recovery, ballistic and confessional material established their participation beyond reasonable doubt. The death penalty for Accused No. 7 was not restored because capital punishment is confined to the narrowest cases and the lesser sentence was not shown to be unquestionably foreclosed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=460864