Absconsion
Absconsion by itself is not conclusive evidence to infer either of guilt or guilty conscience. The fact that the appellants absconded soon after the crime was committed is no evidence by itself. It may only lend weight to other evidence.
The Appellate Division held that admittedly, both the appellants had been absconding soon after the occurrence and the police could arrest them after submission of the charge sheet. Absconsion by itself is not conclusive evidence to infer either of guilt or guilty conscience. The fact that the appellants absconded soon after the crime was committed is no evidence by itself. It may only lend weight to other evidence. Abscondence cannot be treated to be corroboration of the confessional statement of other co-accused so as to base thereon the conviction of the absconding accused. Alamgir Hossain. -Vs.- The State. (Criminal) 17 ALR (AD) 1-6
