https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187442 Identification evidence in a night dacoity case must be scrutinised with care, especially where witnesses may already know some accused from nearby villages or a common institution. The omission to name the accused in the first information report weakened the prosecution case, and a test identification parade held about four months after arrest, without explanation for the delay, lost substantial evidentiary value. Although identification evidence is admissible under Section 9 of the Evidence Act, its probative worth depends on a prompt parade that can genuinely test memory and support reliable identification. The identification evidence was found unreliable and insufficient to sustain the conviction; the accused were acquitted. en-us Fri, 06 Nov 1987 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 21 Oct 2016 16:53:51 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187442 Identification evidence in a night dacoity case must be scrutinised with care, especially where witnesses may already know some accused from nearby villages or a common institution. The omission to name the accused in the first information report weakened the prosecution case, and a test identification parade held about four months after arrest, without explanation for the delay, lost substantial evidentiary value. Although identification evidence is admissible under Section 9 of the Evidence Act, its probative worth depends on a prompt parade that can genuinely test memory and support reliable identification. The identification evidence was found unreliable and insufficient to sustain the conviction; the accused were acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 06 Nov 1987 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=187442