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NADEEM QAYYUM vs State S — 2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD

Case information

Citation
2022 YLR 1290 ISLAMABAD
Court
Islamabad High Court
Year
2022
Reporter
YLR
Parties
NADEEM QAYYUM vs State S
Subject matter
Criminal
Provisions referred to
S. 164---J; S. 164

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Judgment text as reported

NADEEM QAYYUM VS State S. 164---Judicial confession, retraction of---Scope---For a judicial confession, whether later retracted or not, to form the basis of a conviction, it must first be tested whether the confession is voluntary and truthful inculpating the accused in the commission of the crime---For a confession to be proved to have been made voluntarily, the Court had to satisfy itself that all the prerequisites under S.164, Cr.P.C. had been fulfilled---If such conditions were fulfilled, the mere fact that a confession was retracted by the accused would not ipso facto denude it of its evidentiary value.

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