Supreme Court of India

Heera and Anr. v. State of Rajasthan

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Reported as [2007] 7 S.C.R. 1065
Bench Dr. Arijit Pasa Yat and D.K. Jain JJ.
Decided 20 June 2007

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Evidence Act,1872: Identification/Test identification Parade-Evidentiary value of-The main object of holding a Test identification Parade, during the investigation stage, is to test the memory of the witnesses based upon first impression and also to enable the prosecution to decide whether all or any of them could be cited as eyewitnesses of the crime-The necessity for holding an identification parade can arise only when the accused is not previously known to the witnesses -However, it does not constitute substantive evidence- it is. des/rable that a test identification parade should be

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