confessions made during police custody can't be used as evidence against the accused.give reasons to justify this statement
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Confessions made during police custody canot be used as an evidence against the accused because the confession may have been made due to pressure, illl treatment or torture.
A general criminal law principle known as the corpus delicti rule provides that a confession, standing alone, isn't enough for a conviction. ... Instead, their courts tend to focus not on whether corroborating evidence shows that the crime occurred, but on whether the confession was trustworthy or reliable.
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Confessions made during police custody can't be used as evidence against the accused because maybe the police has I'll treated or beaten the accused so that they can get the evidences.
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