Ranveer Singh vs State Of H.P on 31 December, 2024
(Ashwani Kumar Saxena case [Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State
of M.P., (2012) 9 SCC 750 : (2013) 1 SCC (Cri) 594], SCC p. 764,
para 34)
"34. ... There may be situations where the entry made
in the matriculation or equivalent certificates, date of
birth certificate from the school first attended and
even the birth certificate given by a corporation or a
municipal authority or a panchayat may not be
correct. But the court, Juvenile Justice Board or a
committee functioning under the JJ Act is not expected
to conduct such a roving enquiry and to go behind
those certificates to examine the correctness of those
documents kept during the normal course of business.