Government urged to build special identification parade rooms in prisons

A special division bench comprising Chief Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice P N Prakash said “Such rooms shall have one side view glass partition separating those lined up for the parade, on the one hand and the witness and Magistrate, on the other.” 

“The witness and the Magistrate should not be visible to those who are lined up, but, the suspect and the dummies should be visible clearly to the witness and the Magistrate. The enclosure in which the suspect and the dummies are lined up shall be well illumined and should also have an  ante room for them to change their attire,” the bench said. 

The bench passed the direction while dealing with the aspect as to whether police are entitled to be furnished with copies of the documents like statement of witness, confession statement of accused, dying declaration recorded by Magistrate and test identification parade report of the magistrate.