Kevin Moses Paul
29 January 2021
The Test Identification Parade also known as TIP in abbreviation is related to those facts which are declared as relevant facts about a place, name, person or even date (including time). The conduct of a TIP is a part of investigation but it is not help as a Rule of Law, infact it's considered to be a Rule of Prudence in order to eliminate possibility of any mistake.
In general, it's held to acknowledge the identification of a strange offender,. who was not previously known to the the victim.
Section 9 of The Indian Evidence Act (1872) allows identification of the accused by the process of Test Identification Parade as well as the proofs to be all admissible in the courtroom,. while Section 54(A) of The Code of Criminal Procedure (1973) grants the process to allow the suspected to be presented for a test identification parade.
It is a procedure to identify the accused by the witnesses under the custody of a magistrate (having jurisdiction to do so) and henceforth, is an admissible evidence in the court.
As per law, the rules laid down for or in relation to TIP does not consists of any sort of importance or indulgence of an Investigating Officer in it. Moreover, it does state that "After beginning of identification parade, IO or any police officer, who helped in investigating office Should Not Have Any Access to Identifying Witnesses."
As a matter of fact the Identification Parade is relevant in both Civil as well as Criminal cases.
