Criminal Trial–Extra-judicial confession–Governing principles-
(i) The extra-judicial confession is weak evidence by itself–It has to be examined by the Court with greater care and caution.
(ii) It should be made voluntarily and should be truthful.
(iii) It should inspire confidence.
(iv) An extra-judicial confession attains greater credibility and evidentiary value if it is supported by a chain of cogent circumstances and is further corroborated by other prosecution evidence.
(v) For an extra-judicial confession to be the basis of conviction, it should not suffer any material discrepancies and inherent improbabilities.
(vi) Such a statement essentially has to be proved like any other fact and in accordance with the law.
