Supreme Court of India

Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain v. State of West Bengal

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Reported as [2012] 9 S.C.R. 244

Bench R.M. Lodha, T.S. Thakur and Anil R. Dave JJ.

Decided 10 October 2012

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From the headnote

JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000: s. 7- read with r.12 of 2007 Rules - Claim of juvenility - Held: Can be raised at any stage, even after final disposal of the case - Delay in raising the claim cannot be a ground for rejection of the claim - Legal position with regard to s. 7- and 0 r. 12 summarised - Procedure for making a claim with regard to juvenility, and guidelines for inquiring into such a claim, laid down - Procedure, where accused setting up the plea of juvenility is unable to produce any of the documents enumerated in r. 12(a)(i) to (iii) - Explained -

Authorities it was built on

2005 Pratap Singh v. State of Jharkhand and Anr. cited by 20
2009 Hari Ram v. State of Rajasthan & Anr. cited by 17
1997 Bhola Bhagat Etc. v. State of Bihar cited by 6
2011 Shah Nawaj v. State of U.P. & Anr. cited by 6
2009 Pawan v. State of Uttaranchal cited by 5
2011 Daya Nand v. State of Haryana cited by 5
1995 The State of Punjab v. Surja Ram cited by 3
2010 Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2026 The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Anurudh relied on
2024 Rahul Kumar Yadav v. The State of Bihar relied on
2022 Xyz v. Abhisheik & Anr relied on
2022 Manoj @ Monu @ Vishal Chaudhary v. State of Haryana & Anr relied on
2021 Ram Vijay Singh v. State of Uttar Pradesh Criminal Appeal No. 175 of 2021 February 25, 2021 relied on
2024 State of Madhya Pradesh v. Ramji Lal Sharma & Another referred to
2023 Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary v. The State of Maharashtra referred to
2022 The State of Jammu & Kashmir (now U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir) & Ors. v. Shubam Sangra referred to
2022 Vinod Katara v. State of Uttar Pradesh referred to
2021 Rishipal Singh Solanki v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. referred to
2021 Surajdeo Mahto and Anr. v. The State of Bihar referred to
2019 Sanjeev Kumar Gupta v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. referred to
2019 Raju v. The State of Haryana referred to
2019 Gaurav Kumar @ Monu v. The State of Haryana referred to
2016 Mukarrab Etc. v. State of U.P. referred to
2014 Mahesh Jogi v. The State of Rajasthan referred to
2013 Ajahar Ali v. State of West Bengal referred to
2013 Salil Bali v. Union of India & Anr. referred to
2013 Union of India & Ors. v. Ex-gnr Ajeet Singh referred to
2019 Ashok Kumar Mehra & Anr. v. The State of Punjab Etc. mentioned
2013 Jitendra Singh @ Babboo Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P. mentioned

Of those, 5 relied on · 14 referred to · 2 mentioned

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