Difference between admissions and confessions:

All confessions are admission but every admission may not be a confession. To be a confession,
admission should contain an acknowledgement of guilt. Admission and confession are two very
important concepts used in law of evidence by lawyers to strengthen their cases in the eyes of
the jury. Both admissions and confessions are used as sources of evidence. Most of us are
familiar with the concept of confession as we accept and talk about our wrong doing and guilt
in a church, in the presence of a father. Admission, on the other hand, refers to statement
accepted by a person. Acknowledgement of a fact is akin to admitting it. There are many
similarities in the two concepts, but there are also subtle differences that will be highlighted as
follows1:
CONFESSIONS

1. 1. Confession is a statement made

by an accused person which is
sought to be proved against him in
criminal proceeding to establish the
commission of an offence by him.

ADMISSIONS
1. 1. Admission usually relates to civil

transaction and comprises all statements

amounting to admission defined under
section 17 and made by person
mentioned under section 18, 19 and 20.

2. Confession if deliberately and

2. Admissions are not conclusive as to the

voluntarily made may be accepted as matters admitted it may operate as an
conclusive of the matters confessed. estoppel.
3. Confessions always go against the
person making it.

3. Admissions may be used on behalf of

the person making it under the exception
of section 21 of evidence act.

4. Confessions made by one or two

or more accused jointly tried for the 4. Admission by one of the several
same offence can be taken into
defendants in suit is no evidence against
consideration against the co-accused other defendants.
(section 30).
5. Admission is statement oral or written
5. Confession is statement written or which gives inference about the liability of
oral which is direct admission of suit. person making admission.

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Essential ingredients of confession:

The following are the essential of a confession

1. There should be an admission by an accused; it may be oral or written.
2. The accused must either admit in term the offence or at any rate substantially all facts which
constitute the offence.