Supreme Court of India

Sanjeev Kumar Gupta v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr.

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Reported as [2019] 9 S.C.R. 735

Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud and Indira Banerjee JJ.

Decided 25 July 2019

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we allow the appeal and set aside the impugned judgment and order of the High Court dated 14 November 2018.

Judgment, page 19

From the headnote

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: s.7A – Prosecution case was that son of the complai nant was murdered after a demand for ransom – Second respond ent was arrested during the course of investigation – Claim for juvenility under 2000 Act – Basis was matriculation certificate issued by CBSE – When matter travelled upto Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), t he claim of juvenility was rejected – JJB also observed that wh ile obtaining a driving license and an Aadhaar card, second respo ndent had declared his date of birth as 17.12.1995 and on that basis he was not juvenile

Authorities it was built on

2012 Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain v. State of West Bengal cited by 21
2001 Ramdeo Chauhan@ Raj Nath v. State of Assam cited by 21
2012 Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State of M.P. cited by 11
2016 Parag Bhati (juvenile) Thr. Legal Guardian- Mother-smt. Rajni Bhat! v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Anr. cited by 7

Where later benches applied it

2023 P. Yuvaprakash v. State Rep. by Inspector of Police relied on
2022 Xyz v. Abhisheik & Anr relied on
2026 The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Anurudh referred to
2022 The State of Jammu & Kashmir (now U.T. of Jammu & Kashmir) & Ors. v. Shubam Sangra referred to
2021 Jigya Yadav (minor) (through Guardian/father Hari Singh) v. C.B.S.E. (central Board of Secondary Education) & Ors referred to
2023 Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary v. The State of Maharashtra distinguished
2021 Rishipal Singh Solanki v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 2 distinguished · 3 referred to

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