8 Most Important Differences between Admissions and Confessions are listed below:
Admissions:
1. Admission is a genus.
2. Sections from 17 to 31 deal with Admissions.
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3. An admission is a general term which suggests an inference as to any fact in issue or any relevant fact.
4. Admissions though generally are used in civil proceedings yet they may also be used in criminal proceedings.
5. Admission is not a conclusive proof of the matters admitted though it may operate as on estoppels.
6. An admission may be used on behalf of the person making it. But an admission by one of several defendants in a suit is no evidence against another defendant.
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7. Illustration:
A is charged with murder of B drowning:-
If A says – “1 and 8 were bathing in the pond. 1 noticed B drowning in the water. 1 tried to save him but could not succeed.” It is an admission.
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8. A is accused of killing his wife B. If A says – “B is not in the world.” It is an admission.
Confessions:
1. Confession is a species of Admission.
2. Sections from 24 to 30 deal with confession.
3. A confession is, a statement made by an accused person admitting that he has committed an offence or all the facts which constitute the offence.
4. Confessions are used only in criminal proceedings.
5. A confessions is deliberately and voluntarily made be accepted as evidence in itself of the matters confessed though as a rule of prudence the Courts may require corroborative evidence.
6. A confession always goes against the person making it except under Sec. 30, under which the confession of one or two more persons tried jointly for the offence can be taken into consideration against the co-accused.
7. Illustration:
A is charged with murder of B drowning: If A says 7 intentionally and forcibly made B drowned.” It is a confession.
8. A is accused of killing his wife B. If A says- I killed B It is a confession.