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incriminate

incriminate -nat·ed -nat·ing 1 : to charge with involvement in a crime [he was incriminated in the conspiracy] 2 : to suggest or show involvement of in a crime [among the evidence that incriminated him was a box of trigger devices] see also self-incrimination in·crim·i·na·tion [in-kri-mə-nā-shən] n in·crim·i·na·to·ry [in-kri-mə-nə-tōr-ē] adj ...


self-incrimination

self-incrimination : incrimination of and by oneself esp. through testimony see also privilege against self-incrimination at privilege ...


Self-incrimination

Self-incrimination, confines to a person accused of an offence and does not include the cases of witnesses. What is protected is compulsory self-incrimination which may result in punishment for crime, People's Insurance Company v. Sardar Singh, AIR 1962 Punj 101.Means the act of indicating one's own involvement in a crime or exposing oneself to prosecution, especially by making a statement, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1364.Self-incrimination, no person accused of any offence can be compelled to be a witness against himself. [Constitution of India, Art. 20(3)]...


self-incriminating

self-incriminating : tending to incriminate oneself [a statement] ...


incriminating

charging or suggestive of guilt or blame as incriminating testimony incriminating evidence...


incriminating

incriminating : showing or suggesting involvement in a crime [ testimony] ...


privilege against self-incrimination

privilege against self-incrimination see privilege ...


Incrimination

The act of incriminating crimination...


Incriminating circumstance

Incriminating circumstance, means a situation or fact showing either that a crime was committed or that a particular person committed it, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 771....


Confession

Confession, a statement in order to amount to a 'confession' must either admit in terms the offence, or at any rate substantially all the facts which constitute the offence. An admission of an incriminating fact, howsoever grave, is not byitself a confession. A statement which contains an exculpatory assertion of some fact, which if true, would negative the offence alleged cannot amount to a confession, Veera Ibrahim v. State of Maharashtra, (1976) 2 SCC 302: AIR 1976 SC 1167 (1171): (1967) 3 SCR 672. [Evidence Act (1 of 1987), s. 24]'Confession' in common acceptation means and implies acknowledgment of guilt--its evidentiary value and its acceptability however shall have to be assessed by the Court having due regard to the credibility of the witnesses. In the event, however, the Court is otherwise in a position having due regard to the attending circumstances believes the witness before whom the confession is made and is otherwise satisfied that the confession is in fact voluntary and...


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