Supreme Court · 2023 INSC 197 · Decided 3 March 2023
Karan @ Fatiya v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2023 INSC 197 · [2023] 2 S.C.R. 587
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 572/2019
- Decided
- 3 March 2023
- Bench
- BHUSHAN RAMKRISHNA GAVAI, VIKRAM NATH, SANJAY KAROL (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 363, 376(2)(i), 302, 201; POCSO Act Section 363, 376(2)(i), 302, 201; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015 - Claim of Juvenility - Appellant convicted for various offences under IPC and POCSO Act was awarded death sentence - Death sentence affirmed by High Court - During the pendency of the present appeals, appellant Trial Court was directed to submit report after due inquiry - Report submitted, appellant's date of birth was found to be conclusively proved as 25.07.2002 - Date of incident being 15.12.2017, the appellant was aged 15 years 04 months and 20 days on the date of the incident
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