Confession -- Police Presence During Recording -- Statement recorded under Section 164 CrPC in presence of police officer inadmissible and cannot sustain conviction
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, S.164 -- Confession -- Police Presence During Recording -- A confessional statement recorded under S.164 CrPC in the presence of a police officer in the recording room cannot be treated as voluntary and is inadmissible as substantive evidence for recording conviction -- No police officer shall remain present at the time of recording of a confessional statement -- Extra-judicial confessions unsupported by independent corroboration also cannot sustain conviction.
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