Supreme Court · 2011 INSC 20 · Decided 7 January 2011
Daya Nand v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2011 INSC 20 · [2011] 1 S.C.R. 173
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 30/2011
- Decided
- 7 January 2011
- Bench
- AFTAB ALAM, RAJENDRA MAL LODHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 511; Constitution; Juvenile Justice Act Section 2(h)
Headnote
173 DAYA NANO A v. STATE OF HARYANA (Criminal Appeal No. 30 of 2011) JANUARY 7, 2011 B [AFTAB ALAM AND R.M. LODHA, JJ.) Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: s.2(k), 2(1), 7-A, 20 and 49- Determination ofjuvenility - Held: All persons below the age of 18 years on the of the 2000 Act and were undergoing sentence upon being convicted - Accordingly, a juvenile who has not completed D. 18 years on the date of commission of the offence is entitled to the benefits of the 2000 Act, as if the provisions of s.2(k) had always been in existence even during the
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