https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46752 A retracted confession may support conviction when it is voluntary and corroborated by surrounding circumstances and recovered materials. On the facts, the court found that the first accused's export consignment concealed ganja in Senna bales, the foreign seizure was supported by subsequent investigation, and the trial court had wrongly discarded material evidence; the acquittal of the first accused was therefore set aside and NDPS conviction affirmed. As to the second accused, the evidence only showed typist-level involvement and did not establish conscious knowledge of concealment, so acquittal was confirmed. The trial judge who originally heard the case was held competent to complete the sentencing stage after remand. en-us Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:40:30 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46752 A retracted confession may support conviction when it is voluntary and corroborated by surrounding circumstances and recovered materials. On the facts, the court found that the first accused's export consignment concealed ganja in Senna bales, the foreign seizure was supported by subsequent investigation, and the trial court had wrongly discarded material evidence; the acquittal of the first accused was therefore set aside and NDPS conviction affirmed. As to the second accused, the evidence only showed typist-level involvement and did not establish conscious knowledge of concealment, so acquittal was confirmed. The trial judge who originally heard the case was held competent to complete the sentencing stage after remand. Case-Laws Customs Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=46752