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It is relevant to note at this stage that PW1 Yadwinder Singh - applicant/appellant no.1 has categorically stated that he had never seen the accused persons after the incident till date and had never identified the accused earlier. Furthermore, he could not identify the accused present in Court to be the same persons who had committed the crime. PW1 had specifically denied having identified the accused on 19.12.2018 in the Police Station and has denied the statement Mark X. PW2 Gurpreet Singh, the ATM custodian has admitted that no test identification parade was ever carried out. Though in his examination-in-chief, PW2 Gurpreet Singh states that he identifies the accused present in Court but in the cross-examination which was conducted on the same day i.e. 18th of July, 2019, PW2 Gurpreet Singh stated that "it is correct that I cannot identify the accused present in Court as culprits in the present case."