1942 (8) TMI 8

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....ycle and that he had sold it to some other person. There ( 2. ) The petitioner was arrested in connection with another criminal breach of trust in respect of a cycle that he had also taken on hire and then sold. While in custody for that breach of trust, he confessed that he had sold another cycle to P.W. 12. As a result of that confession the cycle was discovered. It is argued that such a conf....

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....gh they have very little application to this case, are rather against the petitioner's contention than for it; for they indicate that Section 25, to which Section 27 is a proviso, applies equally to confessions with regard to offences not under investigation as with regard to offences under investigation. The learned advocate for the petitioner urges that as the accused is a young man, Sect....