Supreme Court of India

Amrik Singh v. The State of Punjab

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Reported as [2022] 7 S.C.R. 451
Bench M. R. Shah and Aniruddha Bose JJ.
Decided 11 July 2022

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In view of the above and for the reasons stated above the appeals succeed.

Judgment, page 13

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Criminal Trial: Test Identification Parade-TIP – Non-conduct of – Effect of, on prosecution case – Appellant and two others allegedly committed robbery and murdered the victim during the course of the robbery – FIR by complainant-eye-witness – Convi ction u/ss. 302 r/w 34 and 392 and sentenced to life impr isonment by courts below – On appeal, held: Prosecution failed t o prove that the complainant and the deceased were carrying cash a nd it was looted by the accused persons – Conviction solely on th e basis of the identification of the accused by the complainan t-eye-witness for the first

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