Supreme Court · 1996 INSC 503 · Decided 10 April 1996
Ram Nath Mahto v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1996 INSC 503 · [1996] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 163
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 225/1996
- Decided
- 10 April 1996
- Bench
- M.M. PUNCHHI, SUJATA V. MANOHAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 396; CrPC Section 162; Evidence Act Section 9
Headnote
India Penal Code : 1860 S.396-Accused committi11g robbery-Test ide11tification-Witness iden­ tifying accuse-Triat-Witness refusing to identify accused before trial court-Magistrate who conducted test identification deposing that the witness had correctly identified the accused duri11g test of Magistrate-Conviction upheld. Evide11ce Act, 1872 : S.9-Test ide11tification-Witness who identified accused i11 test ide11- tification refused to ide11tify him in Court-Magistrate who had conducted test identification stated before Court that the witness had correctly identified the
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