Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 461 · Decided 10 October 2012
Abuzar Hossain @ Gulam Hossain v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 461 · [2012] 9 S.C.R. 244
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1193/2006
- Decided
- 10 October 2012
- Bench
- RAJENDRA MAL LODHA, T.S. THAKUR, ANIL R. DAVE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Reference answered
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 15(3), 39(e); Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000: s. 7-A read with r.12 of 2007 Rules - Claim of juvenility - Held: Can be raised at any stage, even after final disposal of the case - Delay in raising the claim cannot be a ground for rejection of the claim - Legal position and 0 r. 12 summarised - Procedure for making a claim with regard to juvenility, and guidelines for inquiring into such a claim, laid down - Procedure, where accused setting up the plea of juvenility is unable to produce any of the documents enumerated in r. 12(a)(i) to (iii) - Explained -
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