Supreme Court · 1984 INSC 200 · Decided 26 October 1984
C. Elumalai v. State Oe Tamil Nadu
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1984 INSC 200 · [1985] 1 S.C.R. 1057
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CRIMINAL) No. 981/1984
- Decided
- 26 October 1984
- Bench
- E.S. VENKATARAMIAH, R.B. MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 433A; Constitution Article 32
Headnote
The Tami, Nadu Borstal Schools Act 1925 Section JO-A-Adolescent offender-Convicted of capital offence-Sentenced to life imprisonment-Detention in Borstal School after attaining 23 years of age-Whether valid. The State Government of Tamil Nadu cannot keep any adolescent offender who is convicted of under section 10-A of the Tamil Nadu Borstal Schools Act in a Borstal School or in any other kind of detention after he has attained 23 years of age. The State Government is therefore directed to release forthwith all such inmates of the Borstal Schools in Tamil Nadu who have attained 23 years of
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