<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n\u201cConfession is an admission made at any time by a person charged with a crime stating or suggesting the inference that he committed that crime.\u201d
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\u2013 Justice Stephen (Digest of the Law of Evidence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most satisfactory evidence in a case is the confession made by the accused. The basic application of it rests on the truth and accuracy of the said confession. It comes out from a great sense of guilt. Confession can be the decision-makers in a trial. In the Indian Evidence Act, 1872<\/a> the confessions are not explicitly defined but it comes under the category of admission, the accused admits to his guilt. The confession of an accused cannot be taken as the sole reason for conviction, it should be corroborated with other evidence. However, in a few instances, a confession made by the accused may result in mistreatment of the subject, due to its high probative value. Under the Indian evidence act, Section 24 to Section 30 deals with “confession”. Under the Criminal Procedure Code<\/a>, Section 164, 281, and 463 deals with confessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Types of confession<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<\/span>Judicial confession:<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\nConfessions made before the court or a magistrate during the proceedings of the case. Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code empowers any metropolitan or judicial magistrate to record confessions even without considering the jurisdiction of the case. These are known as judicial confessions under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code. This type of confession is defined as a plea of guilty on arrangement. The judicial confession empowers only the judiciary to record statements and the executive has no authority to record confessions. Section 80 of the Indian Evidence Act governs the evidentiary value of confessions. The confession should be voluntary and the accused has to be protected under Article 20(3) of the Indian Constitution which talks about “self-incrimination”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n