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"Tofan Singh's Case" Opens Up New Horizons In The Law Of "Confessions" In Criminal Trials

(This is the text of a webinar lecture which the author had made in a lawyers' collective.) I begin this lecture with my usual caveat that I am not an expert in criminal law. I am only a...

Confession In Police Custody | 'Magistrate' U/S 26 Evidence Act Does Not Include Executive Magistrate: J&K&L High Court

The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently ruled that the term 'Magistrate' appearing in Section 26 of the Evidence Act refers only to a Judicial Magistrate of first class or a...

Statement Of Co-Accused Can't Be Sole Basis To Convict Any Person: Gujarat High Court

'Either IOs Deliberately Leaving Lacuna Or Don't Know Evidence Law': MP High Court Grants Bail To Man Arrested On Confession Of Co-Accused

Section 26 Evidence Act: Confession In Police Custody Made In Immediate Presence Of Executive Magistrate Admissible: P&H HC [Read Judgment]