Life Conviction Set Aside After 7 Years Due to Unreliable Eyewitness Testimony and Absence of Test Identification Parade: Kerala High Court
The Kerala High Court recently delivered a judgment emphasizing that the non-conduct of a Test Identification (TI) Parade, along with other vitiating factors, can render eyewitness testimony suspect. The case arose from an appeal filed by seven persons who were convicted under Sections 302, 143, 147, 148, and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sentenced to life imprisonment. Five other accused in the case had already been acquitted…
