Supreme Court of India
Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that in the facts and circumstances of this case an enquiry for determining the age of the appellant-Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh on E the date of the commission of the offence shall have to be directed.
Judgment, page 5
From the headnote
JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT. 2000: c ss. 2(K) and 7A - Juveni/ity - Plea of - Raised before Supreme Court in appeal against conviction u/s 304 an 498- !PC - Petition by one of the appellants, namely, the husband of deceased for permission to raise additional ground that he was minor within the meaning of s.2(K) on the 0 date of commission of the offence - Held: In the facts and circumstance of the case, an enquiry for determining the age of the appellant on the date of the commission of the offence shall have to be directed - The Court has recognized the beneficial
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Where later benches applied it
- 2013 Bharat Bhushan v. State of Himachal Pradesh
- 2019 Raju v. The State of Haryana
- 2012 Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain v. State of West Bengal
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