Gauhati High Court Frees Man Accused of Rape and Murder After 21 Years in Jail, Says 'Unsigned Confession Cannot Be Sole Basis for Conviction'
The high court passed the ruling in a rape and murder case where the evidence available against the accused was a photocopy of a confession statement. However, the confession statement was not signed by the accused (appellant) or the magistrate who is said to have recorded it.
The Gauhati High Court recently freed a man who spent 21 years in jail in a rape and murder case. While releasing the accused, the high court stated that the accused could not be convicted for a crime solely based on an unsigned confessional statement, without any other evidence to back up the allegations. Notably, the high court passed the ruling in a rape and murder case where the evidence available against the accused was a photocopy of a confession statement. However, the confession statement was not signed by the accused (appellant) or the magistrate who is said to have recorded it. The division bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar Medhi and Budi Habung further stated that if the confession statement has not been signed or proved by the magistrate who recorded it, the same cannot be treated as the true confessional statement by the accused under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). Gauhati High Court Says Able-Bodied Husband Who Can Support Himself Is Obliged To Support Wife.
'Unsigned Confession Cannot Be Sole Basis for Conviction'
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