Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 248 · Decided 7 December 1970
Jadunath Singh & ANR. v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 248 · [1971] 2 S.C.R. 917
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 55/1970
- Decided
- 7 December 1970
- Bench
- S.M. SIKRI, VISHISHTHA BHARGAVA, I.D. DUA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302; CrPC; Evidence Act Section 9
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872, s. 9-ldentit,y of accused-Witnesses claiming to have known accused from before-Accused denying claim and r.equestlng ttst identifisation-Refusal of test identification whether vitioted trial. The appellants were accused of an offence under s. 302 read with s. 34 of the Indian to the prosecution, two other eye-wit· nesses M and D who knew the appellants from before. The names of the appellants were mentioned in the First Information Report liut not their parentage. The appellants, at the stage of inquiry, made an application to the Additional District
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