Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 120 · Decided 25 February 2021
Ram Vijay Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh Criminal Appeal NO. 175 of 2021 February 25, 2021
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 120 · [2021] 1 S.C.R. 566
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 175/2021
- Decided
- 25 February 2021
- Bench
- R.F. NARIMAN, HEMANT GUPTA, BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 34, 302; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015: Importance/reliability of ossification test - When a person is around 18 years of age, the ossification test can be said to be relevant for determining the approximate age of with law - However, when a person is around 40-55 years of age, the structure of bones cannot be helpful in determining the age - When the ossification test cannot yield trustworthy and reliable results, such test cannot be made a basis to determine the age of the person concerned
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