Supreme Court of India

Manoj @ Monu @ Vishal Chaudhary v. State of Haryana & Anr

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Reported as [2022] 8 S.C.R. 279
Bench Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 15 February 2022

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What the Court ordered

We hold that ossification test cannot be regarded as conclusive when it comes to ascertaining 7 (2017) 2 SCC 210 8 (2012) 10 SCC 489 9 (2016) 12 SCC 744 293 the age of a person.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 201 5 – s.94(2)(ii) – Juvenile Justice (Care and Protectio n of Children) Rules, 2007 – r.12(3) – U.P Panchayat Raj Act, 1947 – U.P. Panchayat Raj (Maintenance of Family Register) Rule s, 1970 – Appellant-accused was declared as juvenile in conflict w ith law by Additional Sessions Judge – Order set aside by High Court, appellant ordered to stand trial as an adult – On appeal, held: Plea of juvenility has to be raised in a bonafide and truthful manner – To seek juvenility, if the reliance is on a document which is not reliable or is

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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