Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 165 · Decided 15 March 2013
Kamlendra Singh @ Pappu Singh v. State of M.P.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 165 · [2013] 4 S.C.R. 236
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 451/2013
- Decided
- 15 March 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, DIPAK MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307, 34, 294, 341; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care an~ Protection of Children) Act, 2000 - Conviction u/s. 307 /PC - Plea of juvenility before C Supreme Court - Held: The accused was a juvenile on the date of the incident - Therefore, sentence awarded by courts below set aside -~ records directed to be placed before the Code, 1860 - s.307. 0 Appellant-accused filed the present appeal challenging his conviction u/s. 307 IPC. He pleaded to be a juvenile on the date of the incident. In order to substantiate his plea, he produced High School Board Marksheet/certificate and a copy of admission register. E The
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