Supreme Court of India

Ashok Kumar Mehra & Anr. v. The State of Punjab Etc.

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Reported as [2019] 6 S.C.R. 41
Bench Abhay Manohar Sapre and Dinesh Maheshwari JJ.
Decided 15 April 2019

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Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: ss. 2(k), 2(I), 7A read with s.20 – Benefit of 2000 Act – Ent itlement to – Conviction and sentence of appellant no. 2 for offences u/s. 302/34 IPC by the High Court reversing the order of ac quittal by Sessions Judge – Plea of juvenility raised before this Court for the first time by the appellant – On appeal, held: In lig ht of ss. 2(k), 2(I), 7A rw s. 20 as amended in 2006, a juvenile wh o had not completed eighteen years on the date of commission of the offence is entitled to the benefit of the 2000 Act, even though plea of

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