Delayed disclosure of alleged extra judicial confession makes evidence untrustworthy

Chhattisgarh High Court held that Delayed disclosure to the Police about the alleged extra judicial confession made by the accused, despite prior meeting of the witnesses with the Police, would make the evidence untrustworthy. Relevant Extract of Chhattisgarh High Court Judgment 8. It is equally settled that circumstantial evidence in the nature of extra judicial confession is always considered to be a weak type of evidence, therefore, conviction on such evidence can form basis if it passes the test of credibility and the Court is fully convinced that the extra judicial confession is made vol...