Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 371 · Decided 3 September 2012
Jodhbir Singh v. State of Punjab
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 371 · [2012] 11 S.C.R. 230
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1971/2012
- Decided
- 3 September 2012
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- NDPS Act; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000: s. 7-A read with r.12 of 2007 Rules - Claim of juvenility­ App/ication by appellant that on the date of commission of alleged offence he was a juvenile - Certificate issued by Government High School indicating the appellant as a 0 of Session holding the appellant not to be a juvenile - High Court dismissing appellant's revision - Held: In a case where genuineness of the school leaving certificate has not been questioned, Court of Session and High Court were not justified in placing reliance on certain statements made by
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