Yaseenbawa Niyas alias Mansoor vs The Hon. Attorney General – CA-HCC-244/2010-2023

In the case between Yaseenbawa Niyas alias Mansoor (Accused-Appellant, the 2nd accused) and the Hon. Attorney General, the court addressed the issue of the adequacy and reliability of eyewitness identification as the primary evidence supporting a murder conviction. The court held that the conviction could not be sustained where identification evidence was obtained under inadequate lighting and limited visibility, reaffirming the principle that a conviction should not rest solely on potentially mistaken eyewitness testimony without sufficient corroboration. The decision relied on precedents such as R v Turnbull and similar authorities, emphasizing the necessity for judicial caution when identification is in dispute and is the principal basis for conviction, especially in matters involving c