Extra-judicial Confession Of Accused Need Not Be Corroborated In All Cases: SC Reiterates [Read Judgment]

Extra-judicial Confession Of Accused Need Not In All Cases Be Corroborated: SC‘Rule of Prudence does not require that each and every circumstance mentioned in the confession with regard to the participation of the accused must be separately and independently corroborated.’The Supreme Court, while affirming the conviction of a bank’s peon accused of corruption, has observed. Extra-judicial Confession Of Accused Need Not In All Cases Be Corroborated: SC ‘Rule of Prudence does not require that each and every circumstance mentioned in the confession with regard to the participation of the accused must be separately and independently corroborated.’ The Supreme Court, while affirming the conviction of a bank’s peon accused of corruption, has observed that extra-judicial confession of accused need not in all cases be corroborated and there is no requirement that each and every circumstance mentioned in the confession must be separately and independently corroborated. Rule of Prudence does not require that each and every circumstance mentioned in the confession with regard to the participation of the accused must be separately and independently corroborated,” the bench comprising Justice R. Banumathi and Justice Indira Banerjee said in Ram Lal vs. State of Himachal Pradesh. The rule of prudence does not require that each and every circumstance mentioned in the confession must be separately and independently corroborated.” Read the Judgment Here