Supreme Court · 2000 INSC 311 · Decided 9 May 2000
Arnit Das v. State of Bihar
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2000 INSC 311 · [2000] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 69
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 469/2000
- Decided
- 9 May 2000
- Bench
- K.T. THOMAS, R.C. LAHOTI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; CrPC Section 164; Constitution Article 141; Juvenile Justice Act Section 2
Headnote
Criminal Law : Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 : Section 2(h) and 32-Juvenile-Age-Determination of~rucial date­ Held : . The data on which the accused is brought before the competent authority is date with reference to which the age of the person has to be determined-The date of commission of the the basis of relevant record Magistrate concluded that the accused was above 16 years and, therefore, not required to be tried by a Juvenile Court-Such finding was upheld by Sessions Court and High Court­ Correctness of-Held: Supreme Court's interference not cal/.;dfor. Constitution
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