Lala @ Anurag Prakash Aasre v. State of Maharashtra
Penal Code, 1860 – Ss. 147, 148, 149, 302, 324, 120B – Murder – Test Identification Parade (TIP) – Whether the accused was identified as the person wielding the sword who gave the sword blow to the Informant and also to the deceased – TIP was unnecessary as the identity of the accused was known to the witnesses and he was specifically identified by the witnesses as the person who wielded the sword and inflicted the injuries – In the face of accused such identification by name in the testimony of the eye witnesses be safely concluded that the failure to conduct the TIP for the accused will not vitiate his conviction. 2021 (9) SCALE 629