Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 333 · Decided 12 May 2006
Ravinder Singh Gorkhi v. State of U.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 333 · [2006] SUPP. 2 S.C.R. 615
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 362/1999
- Decided
- 12 May 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.P. NAOLEKAR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- CrPC Section 313; Evidence Act Section 35
Headnote
Evidence Act, 1872 : Section 35-Entry in public record-Relevancy of-Age of accused­ School leaving certificate-Admissibility of-Accused said to have been born on 01-06-1963 was involved in a murder case which took place on 15.05. 19 79-Trial court convicted all accused persons-High Court aged 16 years-However, the trial court assessed his age as 18 years-Before Supreme Court far the first time accused claimed that A B c the was entitled to the benefit of S. 2(4) of the U.P. Children Act-Matter D remitted to Sessions Judge for determination of the age of the accused­ Relying
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