🔴 Identification Parade .. 


PLJ 2019 SC (Cr.c) 153


----The necessary guidelines for Identification Parade...


(a)      An identification parade, to inspire confidence, must be held at earliest possible opportunity after occurrence;


(b)      A test identification, where possibility of witness having seen accused persons after their arrest cannot be ruled out, is worth nothing at all--It is, therefore, imperative to eliminate all such possibilities.


(c)      identification parades should never be held at police stations;


(d)      the Magistrate, supervising identification proceedings, must verify period, if any, for which accused persons have remained in police custody after their arrest and before test identification and must incorporate this fact in his report about proceedings;


(e)      Ordinarily ratio between accused persons and dummies should be 1 to 9 or 10--This ratio must be followed unless there are some special justifiable circumstances warranting a deviation from it;


(f)       If there are more accused persons than one, separate identification parades should ordinarily be held in respect of each accused person;


(g)      A witness has participated in identification proceedings, he is stationed at a place from where he cannot observe proceedings and that after his participation he is lodged at a place from where it is not possible for him to communicate with those who have yet to take their turn;


(h)      The Magistrate conducting proceedings must take an intelligent interest in proceedings;


(i)       The Magistrate is obliged to prepare a list of all persons (dummies) who form part of line-up at parade alongwith their parentage, occupation and addresses;


(j)       The Magistrate must faithfully record all objections and statements, if any, made either by accused persons or by identifying witnesses before, during or after proceedings;


(k)      Where a witness correctly identifies an accused person,Magistrate must ask witness about connection in which witness has identified that person;


(l)       and where a witness identifies a person wrongly, Magistrate must so record in his report and should also state number of persons wrongly picked by witness;