Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 774 · Decided 12 November 2010
Bhim @ Uttam Ghosh v. State of West Bengal
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 774 · [2010] 14 S.C.R. 175
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 2163/2010
- Decided
- 12 November 2010
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: ss.2(k), 2(1), 7A, 20, 49 - Held: Persons below the afje of eighteen years on the date of commission of the offence would be treated as juveniles even if the claim of juveni/ity is raised after they have attained the age of eighteen of the commencement of the 2000 Act and 0 they were undergoing sentences upon being convicted - In the instant case, appellant was convicted u/s.307, /PC - His age at the time of commission of offence was about 15 years, therefore, he is held to be a juvenile, within the meaning of s.2(1) of the
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