Evidence Act, 1872–Secs. 9/27–Extra-judical confession–Reliability–Admitted case of prosecution that the accused made the extra-judicial confession a day before the lodging FIR–When the dead body lying in a water tank was in knowledge of the first informant, why the investigation officer was not taken immediately at the said place–FIR was a stage-managed in such a manner so that the investigation officer could subsequently recover the dead body by extracting the information from the accused u/s. 27–If the theory of extrajudicial confession carries even minimal credibility, then the circumstance
of recovery of the dead body at the instance of information u/s. 27 becomes doubtful.


