Professional Documents
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1. The person in custody must be informed in clear and uniequivocal terms that
he has a right to remain silent
2. The person in custody must be warned that anything he will say can and will
be used in court against him
3. It is indispensable that he has the assistance of the counsel.
Confession vs Admission
May a confession be written in a language which the accused did not speak
or understand?
Requisites
Will the fact that the accused made several conflicting confession render
such confessions admissible?
NO! The fact that the accused made several conflictnng confesson does not in
itself render them inadmissible. In a case, there was list of nine conflicting
condession. Counsel for the defendant ingeniously argued that the court should
not consider the confession and should acquit the accused. THE SC ruled it
would only be necessaru for the accused to tell another story not in harmony with
the confession to secure acquittal.