Supreme Court · 1987 INSC 315 · Decided 6 November 1987
Hari Nath and ANR. ETC. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1987 INSC 315 · [1988] 1 S.C.R. 848
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 831/1985
- Decided
- 6 November 1987
- Bench
- A.P. SEN, M.N. VENKATACHALIAH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396; Evidence Act Section 9
Headnote
Indian Evidence Act, 1872: Section 9-Identification of accused persons in dock after long lapse of time-Whether valid-Evidence of test identification-Significance of. C Criminal Trial: Promptitude in time with which suspected \ persons are put up for test identification-Necessity for. _.t- It was the two deceased brothers and their relatives were sleeping, dacoits armed with weapons including fire D arms raided the house. Apart from looting of property, both the brothers were seriously injured. They snccnmbed to the injnries there­ after. In response to the commotion and the alarm
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