THE CONFUSION AND FINALITY- ACCOMPLICE EVIDENCE IN INDIA

Abstract

Although the credibility and dependability of evidence presented by an accomplice are sometimes questioned, accomplice evidence has significance in India. Numerous court rulings uphold accomplice laws and highlight the need of corroboration. In this instance, the situation remained unclear for almost a century. The established consensus was that the court might either rely on the accomplice's evidence alone or seek corroboration. This leads to a lack of uniformity in the legislation concerning proof of accomplice. This uncertainty was eliminated by the new Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, which made accomplice evidence corroboration essential. The researcher's emphasis in the present study is  how new changes in the BSA is going to affects the acceptance of evidence.