Stanley Jhon Sam Sundaram Nelippan vs The State Of Maharashtra on 28 March, 2023
30. It is a matter of great importance both for the
investigating agency and for the accused and a fortiori for the
proper administration of justice that a TIP is held without
avoidable and unreasonable delay after the arrest of the
accused. This becomes necessary to eliminate the possibility
of the accused being shown to the witnesses before the test
identification parade. This is a very common plea of the
accused, and therefore, the prosecution has to be cautious to
ensure that there is no scope for making such an allegation. If,
however, circumstances are beyond control and there is some
delay, it cannot be said to be fatal to the prosecution. But
reasons should be given as to why there was a delay (Mulla v.
State of U.P. and Suresh Chandra Bahri v. State of Bihar)."