Supreme Court of India

Raju v. The State of Haryana

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Reported as [2019] 4 S.C.R. 18
Bench N. V. Ramana, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar and Indira Banerjee JJ.
Decided 22 February 2019

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What the Court ordered

We are of the opinion that it has been conclusively established that the date of birth of the Appellant was 12.07.1984 and as such he was aged 16 years, 2 months and 2 days at the time of commission of the offence dated 14.09.2000.

Judgment, page 12

From the headnote

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 – s.7A – Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection o f Children) Rules, 2007 – r.12 – Trial court convicted three accu sed persons for the offence of gang-rape u/s.376(2)(g) of IPC – Al l the accused appealed to the High Court – Appellant-accused raised the def ence that he was aged less than 18 years at the time of commissi on of the offence – High Court rejected the contention and af firmed the conviction of the three accused including the appellant – In ap peal, Supreme Court directed the Registrar (Judicial) to conduc t inquiry in

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