Supreme Court · 2006 INSC 249 · Decided 25 April 2006
Jitendra Ram @jitu v. Stte of Jharkhand
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2006 INSC 249 · [2006] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 286
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 489/2006
- Decided
- 25 April 2006
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 201; Juvenile Justice Act Section 2(h)
Headnote
RAM (IV, JITU v. ST A TE OF JHARKHAND APRIL 25, 2006 B [S.B. SINHA AND P.K. BALASUBRAMANYAN. JJ.] Bihar Children Act, 198:!: s.32(/J--lnquiry as to age of accused to ascertain whether he is a C child-Accused convicted u!ss. 302 and 201 lPC-Conviction affirmed by High Court-Plea raised before absence of any material on record. Supreme Court cannot determine age of the D accused on the date of commission of offence- Matter remitted to trial court to determine age of accused on the date of commission of offence· -If he is found 10 be child and/or a juvenile, trial court will deal
Judgments are the courts' own published copies, provided for study; they are not certified copies. Source: Indian Supreme Court & High Court Judgments, Dattam Labs (CC-BY-4.0)