Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 705 · Decided 20 June 2007
Heera and ANR. v. State of Rajasthan
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 705 · [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1065
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1307/2006
- Decided
- 20 June 2007
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, D.K. JAIN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 395; CrPC Section 162; Evidence Act Section 27, 9
Headnote
B Evidence Act,1872: Identification/Test identification Parade-Evidentiary value of-The main object of holding a Test identification Parade, during the investigation C stage, is to test the memory of the witnesses based upon first impression and also to enable the prosecution to decide whether all can arise only when the accused is not previously known to the witnesses -However, it does not constitute substantive evidence- D it is. des/rable that a test identification parade should be conducted as soon as after the arrest of the accused-But failure to hold a test identification parade would
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