Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 395 · Decided 13 September 2012
Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 395 · [2012] 10 S.C.R. 540
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1403/2012
- Decided
- 13 September 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, MADAN B. LOKUR (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 320, 302; CrPC; Juvenile Justice Act Section 6, 7; Arms Act Section 27
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 - s. 7A rlw. r. 12 of Juvenile Justice Rules, 2007 - C Inquiry under - Nature, scope and ambit of - Claim of juvenility - Procedure to be followed - For determination of age - Held: Age determination inquiry is contemplated u/s. 7A rlw is an inquiry under the Act and to be conducted following the procedure u/r. 12 and D not following the procedure under Cr.P. C. - Age to be determined initially on the basis of the documents/certificates as indicated in r. 12(3)(a)(i)(ii) and (iii) - The question of obtaining medical opinion
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