Confessional Statements Under PMLA And Their Admissibility

INTRODCUTION

The Indian evidence Act, 1972 is the principal statute governing the rules of evidence in judicial proceedings. The traditional rules of jurisprudence follow the commands of the evidence act and hence the law of evidence becomes an important part of any justice delivery system.

With respect to the traditional Criminal law, the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act ,1972 lay out the guidelines for the manner and recording of evidence. But since the transition of the criminal Jurisprudence and its paradigm shift into more specialized offences like money laundering, narcotic, foreign exchange violations, customs, etc, the legislature has departed from the well settled rules of recording statements of the witnesses and accused during the investigation and the nature of its admissibility.