Supreme Court of India

Ram Narain v. State of U.P.

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Reported as [2015] 9 S.C.R. 200
Bench Pinaki Chandra Ghose and R. K. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 7 August 2015

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, this F appeal is allowed and the impugned judgment and order passed by the Trial Court as also the High Court are set aside.

Judgment, page 5

From the headnote

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: 57(a) - Conviction of petitioner-applicant for commission of offence uls. 302, !PC and imposition of life 0 imprisonment - Subsequent application by him for declaration of hisjuvenility on the date of incident- Juvenile Justice Board on the basis of school transfer certificate coming to conclusion that the applicant on the date of incident was 15 years, 11 months only and declared him juvenile offender- Petitioner-applicant already served sentence for more than 10 years and still in jail - Held: Applicant should get the benefit

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 3 referred to

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