https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288350 Identification evidence against an accused not previously known to the witnesses requires a prompt and fair test identification parade, or other reliable corroboration, before it can safely support a conviction. Statements recorded by police during investigation are not substantive evidence and cannot be used as corroborative material beyond the limited extent allowed by law. On the facts described, the first report gave no description of the assailant, no test identification parade was held, and the prosecution relied on police statements in an impermissible manner. The resulting evidentiary gaps and unreliability of the identifying witnesses left no safe basis to sustain the conviction, and the accused was acquitted. en-us Tue, 07 Sep 1971 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:29:24 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288350 Identification evidence against an accused not previously known to the witnesses requires a prompt and fair test identification parade, or other reliable corroboration, before it can safely support a conviction. Statements recorded by police during investigation are not substantive evidence and cannot be used as corroborative material beyond the limited extent allowed by law. On the facts described, the first report gave no description of the assailant, no test identification parade was held, and the prosecution relied on police statements in an impermissible manner. The resulting evidentiary gaps and unreliability of the identifying witnesses left no safe basis to sustain the conviction, and the accused was acquitted. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 07 Sep 1971 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=288350