ROUGH DRAFT: ADMISSIONS AND CONFESSIONS: THEIR

RELEVANCY AND DISTINCTION IN INDIAN LAW OF EVIDENCE

INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872

SUBMITTED BY: HARSHDA BAKSHI

ENROLMENT CODE: 160101075

SUBMITTED TO: DR. VIPULL VINOD

FACULTY OF: LAW OF EVIDENCE

DR. RAM MANOHAR LOHIYA NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, LUCKNOW

INTRODUCTION

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Section 17-30 deal with the provisions related to admission
and confessions and their relevancy. An admission is any statement made by a person in
relation to either the fact in issue or a relevant fact in a particular case, but not all such
statements are known as admission or confessions. A statement has to be made under
particular circumstances then only it will be a valid admission or may be admissible under the
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 else though valid it will not be admissible in the court of law. On
the other extreme, confession implies a statement, which outrightly admits the suit. A
confession is made by the person under indictment, which proves a criminal offence,
committed by him or her. While a confession is a conclusive proof, admission is not
considered as a confession. The article excerpt sheds light on the difference between
confession and admission, take a read.

Research Methodology

The present research is doctrinal and non-empirical. The matter of research is collected from
the secondary sources which include the legal documents, the statutes, the judicial decisions,
the articles, books, journals, etc. as collected from the Library and authentic websites.

Aims & Objectives

The primary objective of this project is to analyse and evaluate the distinction between
Admissions and Confessions in the Indian Legal Regime and thus, the primary research
questions shall be
 To ascertain and analyze briefly the meaning of Admission and Confession as put
forward by the statutes and case laws in the Indian legal regime and to deliberate upon
their relevancy.
 To identify and ascertain the points of differences between confessions and
admissions as put forward by the statutes and case laws in the Indian legal regime.

Scope
The concepts of Admissions and Confessions as a statement are vast and can span into the
lengths of books. Thus, the present research shall aim to limit the scope of dwelling into the
depth of the concepts of Admissions and Confessions and their relevancy and admissibility
and also upon the distinction between the two.

Mode of Citation

The researcher has followed a uniform mode of citation throughout the course of this research
paper.

Type of Study

For this topic, the researcher has opted for Descriptive and Explanatory type of study as in
this topic, the researcher is providing the descriptions of the existing facts.