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Malkhansingh & Ors vs State Of Madhya Pradesh on 8 July, 2003

"110. A popular and widely used method of accused identification, by witness, in criminal trials, is the identification parade. 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. TIPs are meant to test witness veracity and their capability to identify unknown persons. TIPs should normally be conducted at the earliest possible time to eliminate the chance of accused being shown to witnesses before the identification parade, which might otherwise affect such witnesses' memory. TIPs are conducted during investigation; however, there is no provision of law enabling an accused to claim it as a matter of Page No.# 31/40 right, as held in Malkhansingh v. State of M.P. (2003) 5 SCC 746, In Ramanathan v. State of T.N. [Ramanathan v. State of T.N., (1978) 3 SCC 86, para 18 this Court outlined the utility and weight of a TIP.
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