Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 172 · Decided 13 April 2012
Om Prakash v. State of Rajasthan and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 172 · [2012] 5 S.C.R. 237
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 651/2012
- Decided
- 13 April 2012
- Bench
- G.S. SINGHVI, GYAN SUDHA MISRA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376; Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
A B Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 - Offence of rape - Plea of juvenility by accused - Determination of age of the accused - Medical evidence - C Appreciation of- 13~ year old girl allegedly subjected to rape by accused-respondent no.2 and a co-accused- Respondent no. and High Court could not record a conclusive finding of fact that respondent no.2 was a juvenile on the date of the incident, yet granted 0 him benefit of the Juvenile Justice Act to refer him for trial to a juvenile court - On appeal by father of the victim, held: The age of
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