Supreme Court of India
Iqbal and Another v. State of Utiar Pradesh
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Penal Code, 1860 - s. 396 - Conviction under - By courts below- On appeal, held: Conviction solely based on c identification of the accused person by eye-witnesses and their identification in Test-Identification Parade - Identification of the accused by the eye-witnesses was doubtful in view of the fact that the incident occurred in the pitch of darkness and hence has to be viewed with caution by looking for corroboration - No recovery of stolen property or weapons of crime was made to connect the accused persons with the crime - In absence of corroborating evidence, conviction solely based
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- 2018 Hemudan Nanbha Gadhvi v. State of Gujarat
- 2025 Kattavellai @ Devakar v. State of Tamilnadu
- 2020 Mustak @ Kanio Ahmed Shaikh v. State of Gujarat
- 2019 Sanjay Rajak v. The State of Bihar
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