Bare ActsThe Punjab Excise Act, 1914(Bare Act )

Section 177

Identity of the accused

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Identity of the accused. - - Prosecution version that accused saw the Police and threw away a gunny bag and jumped into the river - No cogent evidence that it was the accused who had run away - Members of Police claimed to know the accused, but no satisfactory evidence produced - Feeble evidence produced by prosecution as to identity could not be accepted Conviction of accused set aside.Jaswant Singh @ Jassa Singh v. State of Punjab, 2000(3) RCR (Criminal) 774(P&H)

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