Supreme Court · 2026 INSC 516 · Decided 20 May 2026
Sri v. State REP. BY the Inspector of Police, Q Branch, Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2026 INSC 516 · [2026] 6 S.C.R. 458
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5141/2025
- Decided
- 20 May 2026
- Bench
- VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 10(a)(i), 10(a)(iv), 38(1); CrPC; UAPA Section 6
Headnote
Whether the appellant was implicated in the present case on the basis of mistaken identity. Case of Mistaken Identity - FIR was registered u/ss.120B IPC; ss.10(a)(i), 10(a)(iv), 38(1), Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1919; s.14(c), Foreigners Act, 1946; and s.3 r/w s.12(1)(a), Passport Act, 1967 at Q Branch police station, Trichy, in May, 2015 alleging that a conspiracy was being hatched between A-1, A-5 (named 'Sri') and certain other accused persons, to revive the banned Liberation
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