THE PRINCIPAL COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX AND ANR. vs. ROHIT KARAN JAIN

Bench: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE,HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KAUSHIK GOSWAMI

196 (1992), the SC while throwing further light on the evidentiary value of the retracted statement said that retracted statement has to be seen with great circumspection. The statement, if obtained by any inducement, threat, coercion or by any improper means, must be rejected. At the same time, it is to be noted that, merely because a statement is retracted