Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 52 · Decided 22 January 2004
Dastagir Sab and ANR. v. State of Karnataka
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 52 · [2004] 1 S.C.R. 952
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 175/2003
- Decided
- 22 January 2004
- Bench
- DORAISWAMY RAJU, S.B. SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g); Evidence Act Section 9
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872: Section 9. c Test Identification Parade-Non-holding of-Whether fatal to prosecution case-Victim saw accused persons on three occasions almost immediately prior to commission of offence and also when she was sexually assaulted by them-Fat her and brother of the victim came to description-Accused confessed their guilt when caught by father but refused to come with him-IO -= D showed accused to victim before their arrest in order to ensure that the right persons were arrested-Accused also named in the FIR-Held: Under such circumstances, Tl parade not necessary-Hence,
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