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In which one of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that confession of coaccused are very weak…

"Kashmira Singh v. State of M.P." held that the confession of a co-accused under Section 30 of the Evidence Act (now Section 24 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023) is…

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In which one of the following cases, the Supreme Court held that confession of coaccused are very weak evidence and no conviction can be based solely on such confession?

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"Kashmira Singh v. State of M.P." held that the confession of a co-accused under Section 30 of the Evidence Act (now Section 24 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023) is weak evidence which can only lend assurance to other evidence and cannot by itself form the sole basis of a conviction.

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