Confession: An Analysis

Abstract

All offenses which are prohibited by law are punishable to maintain balance in the society the person who committed a crime must be punished under the law. In India, we have various investigation agencies to trace the main culprit of the crime. These agencies work for collecting the evidence. In this context Indian Evidence Act, 1872, provides that evidence is of two types, first is oral evidence and the second is documentary evidence but there are also other types of evidence that are collected by these agencies and appreciated by courts. These types of evidence include circumstantial evidence. The very purposes of these agencies are to facilitate the court to reach the conclusion by proving the guilt of the offender beyond a reasonable doubt. However, there are cases where the person who has committed the crime, himself wants to confess as to the commission of a crime that he has committed.