Relevant would it be to further note that in relation to offences punishable with death or imprisonment for life, Section 4 of The Identification of Prisoners Act, 1920 would not be applicable because the said provision specifies a prerequisite: that the person concerned is accused of having committed an offence which is punishable with a sentence to undergo rigorous imprisonment for a term of one year or upwards i.e. the sentence must relate to imprisonment for a term and would thus exclude such offences where either capital punishment or imprisonment for life is the sentence contemplated.
(Before Acting Chief Justice, S.P. Garg and Pradeep Nandrajog, JJ.)
Sapan Haldar & Anr. v. State .
Crl.A. 804/2001
Decided on May 25, 2012
Citation: 2012 SCC OnLine Del 3078 : (2012) 191 DLT 225 (FB)
