Supreme Court of India

SRI versus STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, Q BRANCH, RAMANATHAPURAM, TAMIL NADU

2026 INSC 516

Case number
CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 5141/2025
Judgment date
2026-05-20
Petitioner / appellant
SRI
Respondent
STATE REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, Q BRANCH, RAMANATHAPURAM, TAMIL NADU
Neutral citation
2026 INSC 516
Other citation
[2026] 6 S.C.R. 458
CNR
ESCR010001772026
Bench / judges
VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
Author judge
SANDEEP MEHTA
Bench size
3 Judges
Disposal nature
Appeal(s) allowed
Judgment year
2026

Issue for consideration

Whether the appellant was implicated in the present case on the basis of mistaken identity.

Headnote excerpt

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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