Voluntary, acting without compulsion; doing by design, without a consideration in return. See VOLUNTEER.
1. Done by design or intention 2. Unconstrained by interference; not impelled by outside *** 3. Without valuable consideration; gratuitous, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1569.
Means (i) some promise of advantage or some threat, (ii) of a temporal character, (iii) held out or made by a person in authority, and (iv) relating to the charge in the sense that it implies that the accused's position in the contemplated proceedings will or may be better or worse according to whether of not the statement is made, R. v. Power, (1966) 3 All ER 433; see also Gurdeep Singh v. State (Delhi Admn.), (2000) 1 SCC 498.
Means a statement made of the free Will and accord of accused, without coercion, whether from fear of any threat of harm, promise, or inducement or any hope of reward, State v. Mullin, 85 NW 2d 598, see also Words and Phrases, Permanent Edn., Vol. 44, p. 622.
Means that one who makes it out of his own free Will inspired by the sound of his own conscience to speak nothing but the truth, Gurdeep Singh v. State (Delhi Admn.), (2000) 1 SCC 498: 2000 SCC (Cri) 449.