Supreme Court of India

Vijayan@ Rajan v. State of Kerala

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Reported as [1999] 1 S.C.R. 659
Bench G.B. Pattanaik Ands. Rajendra Babu J.
Decided 16 February 1999

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Evidence Act, 1872: Section 9. Test Identification Parade-Found not acceptable--Evidentiary value of-Held, identification of accused in court after many years of occunmce c cannot be accepted-Further, it is impossible to remember the face of the accused by the witness for the purpose of identification after 5 years of the occurrence though the witness had seen his face while opening the door. Test Identification Parade-Photograph of accused shown to witness · and also printed in all local newspapers-Held, in the circumstances, test .. identification parade rightly not relied on by trial

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