Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 383 · Decided 13 September 2002
Dana Yadav @ Dahu & ORS. v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 383 · [2002] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 363
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1156/2001
- Decided
- 13 September 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, B.N. AGRAWAL (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 3021149, 3071149, 436; Evidence Act Section 3, 9
Headnote
@ DAHU & ORS. A v. STATE OF BIHAR SEPTEMBER 13, 2002 [UM ESH C. BANERJEE AND B.N. AGRA WAL, JJ.) B Criminal trial: Identification-Reliance of-Identification of accused in court for the first time after two years of occurrence without being corroborated either by C test identification parade was known to witnesses-Held it would not be safe to place reliance on such identification in court unless the same is corroborated by any other evidence- D Conviction set aside-Evidence Act, 1872-Sections 3 and 9-Penal Code, 1860-Sections 3021149, 3071149 and 436. Identification of accused by a
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