Supreme Court of India · 2002-07-18
Nirmal Pasi And Anr. vs State Of Bihar
- Citation / case number
- AIRONLINE 2002 SC 214
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Nirmal Pasi And Anr.
- Respondent
- State Of Bihar
- Bench
- R.C. Lahoti, Brijesh Kumar
Judgment text excerpt
The appellants challenged their conviction and life imprisonment sentence under Section 395 of the Indian Penal Code for dacoity. The primary legal issue concerns whether the conviction can be sustained when it is founded solely on identification evidence without supporting recovery of articles. The Court examined the reliability of the identification process and the findings of the lower courts regarding the participation of the accused in the crime.