Supreme Court of India

Shaikh Umar Ahmed Shaikh and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra

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Reported as [1998] 2 S.C.R. 1209
Decided 28 April 1998

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From the headnote

Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act. 198?/Indian Penal Code. 1860 : S.3(2) rlw s. /49,JPC/s.3021149-Rioting mob-Attack on victims - identity of assailants-Identification parade-Trial court disbelieved evidence of identification parade on the ground that suspects were shown to the witnesses-But recorded conviction believing the evide11ce of same witnesses in court regarding identity of accused-Held when accused were already shown to witnesses statements of witnesses indentifYing the accused in court lost all its value and could not be made basis for recording conviction.

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to

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