https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458704 First-time dock identification and photo identification were treated as weak evidence and, without prior test identification parade or independent corroboration, were unsafe to rely on against the acquitted accused. Section 164 CrPC confessions had to satisfy strict safeguards and voluntariness, and statements recorded without adequate protection or later found unreliable could not be used against those accused; by contrast, corroborated admissions and surrounding circumstances were accepted against the two principal accused. The SC upheld the conviction of the principal accused and the commutation to life imprisonment, while refusing to interfere with the acquittal of the remaining accused for want of reliable proof of individual participation. en-us Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:16:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458704 First-time dock identification and photo identification were treated as weak evidence and, without prior test identification parade or independent corroboration, were unsafe to rely on against the acquitted accused. Section 164 CrPC confessions had to satisfy strict safeguards and voluntariness, and statements recorded without adequate protection or later found unreliable could not be used against those accused; by contrast, corroborated admissions and surrounding circumstances were accepted against the two principal accused. The SC upheld the conviction of the principal accused and the commutation to life imprisonment, while refusing to interfere with the acquittal of the remaining accused for want of reliable proof of individual participation. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458704