Identification in Criminal Trials: The Role of Test Identification Parades (TIP)

2024 0 Supreme(Chh) 163

Each suspect should be put up separately for identification mixed with nine or more under-trials. ... The evidence of mere identification of the accused person at the trial for the first time is from its very nature inherently of a weak character. ... State, AIR 1961 All 50 it has been held that first rule relates to number of under- trials to be mixed with the suspect to eliminate reasonable possibilities of chance identification and to make results of the identification#HL_....

2023 0 Supreme(AP) 167

In the present controversy, two different criminal appeals were being heard and decided against two different judgments based upon evidence recorded in separate trials, though for the commission of the same offence. ... It is further pleaded that the identification of accused for the first time in Court cannot be accepted. Learned counsel for the appellants further tried to contend that in the absence of test identification parade, identification of the accused has no value. ... The confessional stateme....

2022 8 Supreme 178

Second, to satisfy the investigating authorities that the suspect is the real person whom the witnesses had seen in connection with the said occurrence. ... In addition to these thirty non-suspects, the Judicial Magistrate (PW-47) is said to have shortlisted twenty-one under-trials to participate in the TIP. However, PW-47 decided to go ahead with only twenty-one under-trials and ten civilians. ... For the reasons stated above, and in conclusion, we: (i) Allow Criminal Appeal Nos. 1864-1865 of 2010 arising out of the j....

Premachandra and 2 others(8) F.N.D. .Jayasuriya, J, citing the unreported case of Gunaratne Barida'" has endorsed the view taken by Justice Wijesundera in that case against the prudence and wisdom in proceeding against an accused person in a criminal case on merc dock identification. ... The omplainant could very well have been assisted in his identification by being prompted to identify the person in shorts. ... In trials by a Judge without a jury, there have been acquittals even whe....

2024 Supreme(US)(ca10) 40

of the state—including the police (who investigate crimes) and the prosecutors (who manage criminal trials).”). ... the person he knew as Tire Man three times in August and September of 2020. ... Weaver testified that Defendant’s photo depicted “the person that [he] knew” but “was too dark for [him] to be 100 percent certain.” Id. at 349, 351. Once shown a similar, lighter photo of Defendant, Weaver unequivocally made a positive identification. ... The Supreme Court has recognized “a due proces....

2024 0 Supreme(Mad) 2577

Obviously dealing with offences committed in the course of the same transaction with two different trials, will certainly weaken the case of the prosecution. Separate trials in this case will naturally result in an incomplete comprehension of the totality of the crime. ... The alleged identification of the deceased during the investigation would not be proof of their identity. ... The investigating officer did not conduct any Test Identification Parade to ascertain if the accused had really approached this witness for th....

2025 0 Supreme(Chh) 48

A test identification parade under Section 9 the Evi- dence Act is not substantive evidence in a criminal prosecution but is only corroborative evidence. ... Accordingly, Criminal appeal is allowed. ... Be that as it may, once the person who identifies the accused during the TIP is not produced as a witness during trial, the TIP is of no use to sustain an identification by some other witness. ... “If the witness who identified a person or an article in the TIP is not examined during t....

2024 Supreme(SRI)(SC) 12662

Courtnell [(1990) Criminal Law Review 115], R. vs. Oakwell [66 Criminal Appeals Reports 174], R vs. Curry and Keeble [(1983) Criminal Law Reports 737] and in Keerthi Bandara vs. ... She has also testified as to how she participated at an identification parade and identified the 2nd Accused as the person who snatched the necklace. 8. While providing her testimony, she made a ‘dock identification’ that the 2nd Accused was the person who snatched her necklace. ... 40.Wh....

2024 0 Supreme(Jhk) 668

Five accused person were put on trial, namely, Arvind Kumar Verma, Shakeel Ahmad, Bhola Ravidas, Dwarika Mahto and Mahendra Sao under Section 395 IPC. 6. ... All these there Criminal Appeals, are allowed. Sureties of the appellants are discharged from the liabilities of their respective bail bonds. 24. The assistance given by Ms. Juhi Kumari, Amicus Curiae in Criminal Appeal (S.J.) ... Brother of the informant (Dilip) was a disabled person and therefore, one of the accused was left there to guard him. All the three brot....

2023 0 Supreme(Telangana) 87

5) The police have not conducted any test identification parade to ascertain the identity of the person who committed rape on PW5. ... In a criminal case, the burden is always on the prosecution to prove the case beyond reasonable doubt. ... The core question that arises for consideration in the present appeal is whether the identification of the appellant after a period of more than three years for the first time in the Court, can be considered as valid identification in the absence of any test #HL_ST....

2022 0 Supreme(SC) 500

A popular and widely used method of accused identification, by witness, in criminal trials, is the identification parade. TIPs are meant to test witness veracity and their capability to identify unknown persons. TIP procedures are used, where witnesses who claim to have seen the accused at, or about the time of occurrence to identify such accused from the midst of other individuals, who bear physical attributes similar to them, without any aid or other source.

2020 0 Supreme(Ker) 425

Revision petitioners were tried along with three other co-accused and therefore itself, the need for precise identification of revision petitioners in court cannot be brushed aside. Generally one would expect the Assistant Public Prosecutor in charge of the case to ask the witness to identify the accused present in the dock. Such an identification of accused in the dock is essential in criminal trials when the offendor is not previously known to the witness.

2019 0 Supreme(Sikk) 29

Minor contradictions on peripheral facts do not demolish the central narrative. The identification of the Appellant as the person involved in the crime is certain. PW-3, PW-4 and PW-11 have categorically deposed having seen the Appellant hugging the minor victim in the back seat of the Alto car. The minor victim has categorically deposed that the Appellant forcibly kissed her in the back seat of the Alto car.

2017 0 Supreme(Guj) 224

5. The photographs of the accused persons should be duly authenticated by the concerned officer, who arrested the accused persons. 7. In all sessions trials and criminal cases at the time of arrest the identity of the accused should be properly verified and care should be taken to ascertain his correct name and address. 8. The officer arresting the accused must certify the photographs and the particulars of his identity with a certificate which should accompany the charge-sheet, which is sent to the Court. 6. In all sessions trials and criminal cases when warrants of arrest are iss....

2009 0 Supreme(SC) 914

6. In all sessions trials and criminal cases when warrants of arrest are issued the photographs and mark of identification should be checked with the accused.