Methods of Person Identification in Indian Courts

2024 0 Supreme(All) 1397

the various peculiarities of the person who was required to be identified. ... (VII) The test identification parade took place on 28.9.1981 and six persons were required to identify the appellant Kallu. ... It only corroborates the various oral testimonies which are given in the trial court and when the test identification parade itself was done after a period of 7 months and 24 days, it definitely could not have been relied upon as he submits that there is every tendency of the eye-witnesses to have f....

A Police Sergeant gave evidence to the effect that at an identification parade he made notes of the various identifications made by certain police officers and that the accused were those persons who were identified. ... and then picked out those persons at the identification parade held by Sergeant Jayasinghe. ... Evidence-Identification-Hearsay-Corroboration. A number of persons were charged with having been members of an unlawful assembly. ... There was no....

2023 Supreme(US)(scotus) 21142

There are an uncountable number of ways in which an individual could “us[e]” the “means of identification” of another to com- mit fraud. ... Of the various possible ways to violate §1028A(a)(1), petitioner was convicted for “us[ing]” a patient’s means of identifica- tion “in relation to” healthcare fraud. The parties offer com- peting readings of these two elements. The Government reads the terms broadly and in isola- tion. ... “These various definitions of ‘use’ imply action and im- plementation.” I....

2024 0 Supreme(MP) 741

as to the identity of the accused persons, but surprisingly on 11.08.1998 police arrested five accused persons from Gangwal Bus Stand at about 5:15 AM. ... The court must satisfy itself that various circumstances in the chain of evidence should be established clearly and that the completed chain must be such as to rule out a reasonable likelihood of the innocence of the accused.” ... Now the question is as to when complainant did not identify the appellant Vinod in Court, what is the value of the identification parade an....

2022 8 Supreme 178

Two identification parades were held in the course of investigation. At the first identification parade PW-1 identified all the seven accused persons whereas PW-2 identified three of them, namely, Accused 2, 6 and 7 alone. ... It is, however, in evidence that before the identification parades were held the photographs of the accused persons had appeared in the local daily newspapers. ... All this is evident from the “Report of the Identification Parade of the 19 Accused Perso....

2024 0 Supreme(Chh) 558

Thus, the complainant’s having seen the accused at the scene of the incident is also confirmed by his identification of the accused as a passer by who was standing among the persons included in the identification process. 30. ... Relevant portion reads thus:- “Before dealing with the various contentions advanced by the learned counsel for the appellants as referred to above, we shall first state the object, purpose and importance of the test identification parade. ... Then they told that they have broug....

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Thus, the complainant’s having seen the accused at the scene of the incident is also confirmed by his identification of the accused as a passerby who was standing among the persons included in the identification process. 30. ... Relevant portion reads thus:- “Before dealing with the various contentions advanced by the learned counsel for the appellants as referred to above, we shall first state the object, purpose and importance of the test identification parade. ... Then they told that they have br....

During the inspection, the witnesses pointed out various objects and places and demonstrated how certain incidents, including the identification parade, took place, Held, by WEERASOORIYA, S. P J., and H. N. G. FERNANDO, J. (BASNAYAKE, C. ... competent to investigate the identity of the person or persons concerned in the commission of an offence, by holding an identification parade, such powers cannot be delegated by him to another. ... J. dissenting), that there was no legal objection to the Jury having been s....

2023 0 Supreme(AP) 47

State of M.P., (2003) 5 SCC 746 the Hon’ble Supreme Court after considering various decisions observed as under: “7. It is trite to say that the substantive evidence is the evidence of identification in court. ... persons, though less than five, is perfectly correct. ... As PW1 could not identify A2 out of the five non-suspects, the evidence of PW1 needs corroboration for identification of A2. PW1 testified that the persons who are present in the court, they only committed rape on her. ... What is requi....

2024 Supreme(SRI)(SC) 12662

No one can challenge the contents of the document thereafter by various means”. ... No one can challenge the contents of the document thereafter by various means’. ... Learned counsel asserted that the evidence of visual identification provided by the prosecution was weak and that both the learned Magistrate and the learned Judge of the High Court had failed to adequately evaluate the quality of the evidence of visual identification of the accused persons. ... 68.However, in my view, there is nothing o....

2021 0 Supreme(J&K) 493

The terms of reference of the Committee were in the following manner: (i) Proper identification of the person/persons concerned; (iii) Information to the individual party for receiving payment;

2018 7 Supreme 129

According to the petitioners, there is no compelling state interest for State to know the details of the location and time of using Aadhaar authentication. Likewise, there are various other methods available for identification. Identification for this purpose can be carried out by various other identity documents issued by the government of India, such as passport, voting card, ration card, driving license, job card issued by NREGA duly signed by an officer of the State government, employment certificate by a public authority, birth certificate, school leaving certificate, ....

2015 0 Supreme(Ker) 1701

If the identification of the parties contesting or proposing, etc., is the primary purpose, preparation of the voters' list ward-wise may not be the only method of ascertainment. The identity of the persons, in fact, can be ascertained in a host of other ways, too. Thus, viewed in a conspectus, I am of the opinion that neither the statutory provisions, including the Rules, nor the regulations concerning the conduct of election--the instructions incorporated in Exhibit P2 election notification not excluded--have made it mandatory that the voters' list be ward-wise.

2014 0 Supreme(Del) 1536

6. Evidence of identity can relate to identification of persons or objects. Identity of the culprit frequently becomes a vexed subject matter of trial in criminal cases, except where the accused is previously known to the eye witness or is apprehended or available at the spot. In other cases, the police relies upon identification by the eye witness after the suspects are apprehended.

2009 0 Supreme(Bom) 1293

The fact of last seen together and the discovery of body parts are two circumstances necessary to be joined with the circumstance i.e. identification of the body. It may also be with the help of marks on the body or due to the peculiarity of the limbs or if the body is decomposed, then on the basis of forensic evidence. Identification of the body can be proved by various ways.