Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court
Section 25 IEA | Extra-Judicial Confession to Police Patil Inadmissible; Scientific Proof of Victim Identity Mandatory: Bombay HC Acquits in Child Murder Case
Bombay HC reaffirms that extra-judicial confessions made to a Police Patil are inadmissible under Section 25 of the Indian Evidence Act. The court also mandates scientific proof of victim identity, setting aside conviction where identity relied on circumstantial evidence alone.