Supreme Court · 2005 INSC 58 · Decided 2 February 2005
Pratap Singh v. State of Jharkhand and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2005 INSC 58 · [2005] 1 S.C.R. 1019
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 210/2005
- Decided
- 2 February 2005
- Bench
- N. SANTOSH HEGDE, S.N. VARIAVA, B.P. SINGH, H.K. SEMA, S.B. SINHA (5-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 20(1); Juvenile Justice Act Section 2(h), 3, 18, 26, 32
Headnote
Juvenile Justice Act, 1986-Sections 2(h), 3, 18, 26 and 32 Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000-Sections C 2(k), 20 and 69. Juvenile offender-Age-Determination-Reckoning date-Held: The reckoning date for determining the age of the Juvenile offender is the date of offence D 2000 Act-Applicability of-To the cases initiated under 1986 Act, pending on the date of enforcement of 2000 Act-Held: The Act of 2000 would be applicable to such cases only when the accused had not attained 18 years of age on the date of its enforcement-Model Rules framed by
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