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2 articles on confession.

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

Aghnoo Nagesia v. State of Bihar: the Section 25 bar on police confessions (1965)

Supreme Court, 1965: Section 25 of the Evidence Act is an absolute bar, and a confessional FIR cannot be split into admissible and inadmissible parts.

Valkya Editorial·15 Jun 2026·7 min

Supreme CourtSupreme Court of India

Sahoo v. State of U.P.: the confessional soliloquy and the irrelevance of communication

In 1965 the Supreme Court held that a confession overheard as a soliloquy is admissible: communication to another is not essential to a confession at law.

Valkya Editorial·15 Jun 2026·8 min