Supreme Court · 2004 INSC 528 · Decided 17 September 2004
Pramod Mandal v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2004 INSC 528 · [2004] SUPP. 4 S.C.R. 479
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 174/2003
- Decided
- 17 September 2004
- Bench
- P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, B.P. SINGH (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396
Headnote
B Penal Code, 1860-Section 396-Prosecution case that appellant along with six others committed dacoity and murder-All the witnesses supported prosecution case-There was nothing to discredit them-Conviction by Additional Session Judge, upheld by High Court-On appeal held, there is C no reason to called for. Criminal Trial: Test Identification Parade-Period for completing Test and the number D of witnesses required to identifY the accused-Neither possible nor prudent to lay down invariable rule-These matters to be left to the wisdom of the courts of facts. Test Identification
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