📘 Law on Confession in India and Abroad | 1st Edition (2016)
✒️ Authored by: Y.P. Bhagat | Language: English | Publisher: Lexis Nexis
This pioneering work by Y.P. Bhagat offers a comprehensive and comparative study of the law relating to confessions in criminal jurisprudence, both in India and across major common law jurisdictions. The 1st Edition (2016) provides in-depth statutory analysis, judicial precedents, and practical insights into the admissibility, evidentiary value, and safeguards surrounding confessions.
🔍 Key Features:
📜 Indian Legal Framework – detailed coverage of provisions under the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, and constitutional protections under Articles 20(3) and 21.
⚖️ Judicial Pronouncements – exhaustive discussion of landmark Supreme Court and High Court decisions on admissibility, voluntariness, and reliability of confessions.
🌍 Comparative Perspective – analysis of confession law in the UK, USA, and other common law countries, highlighting global safeguards against coercion.
🛠️ Practical Guidance – procedures for recording confessions, safeguards against custodial abuse, retracted confessions, and use of confessions in trials.
📚 Special Topics – confessions before police officers, magistrates, and other authorities; extra-judicial confessions; and evidentiary weight of co-accused confessions.
👨⚖️ Human Rights Dimension – discussion on voluntariness, custodial safeguards, and international human rights standards.
🆕 1st Edition (2016) – includes contemporary judicial interpretations and evolving trends in confession jurisprudence.
🎯 Recommended For:
Advocates & criminal law practitioners
Judges, magistrates & prosecutors handling confession-based trials
Academicians, researchers & law students studying criminal law and evidence
Policymakers & human rights activists focusing on custodial rights and fair trial
Libraries & legal institutions maintaining resources on comparative criminal law
This first edition (2016) of Law on Confession in India and Abroad by Y.P. Bhagat serves as a scholarly yet practice-oriented guide, blending statutory clarity, judicial depth, and comparative insights, making it an indispensable reference for mastering confession law in India and beyond.
