Supreme Court of India
Ravindra @ Ravi Bansi Gohar. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
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In view of the above admissions of P. W .2 we are at loss to understand how the surnames of Vijay and Keshya and the name of laxa could find place in the formal F.I.R. recorded on the statement of P.W.
Judgment, page 7
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Penal Code, 1860-Section 302-Murder-Po/ice Constable was the eye-witness, not disclosing details about the accused in his statement to the police as to fix-up the identity of the accused nor ascerting that person whom he named in FIR was accused before the court-Police showing photographs of the accused to the witness before identification parade-Witnesses were attached to the Police Station where the accused were in lock-up for some time prior to incident-Held: Would not establish the probability of witnesses knowing accused persons--Hence Conviction on the basis of the sole identification
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