Supreme Court · 1981 INSC 163 · Decided 8 September 1981
Raghbir v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1981 INSC 163 · [1982] 1 S.C.R. 686
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 90/1981
- Decided
- 8 September 1981
- Bench
- O. CHINNAPPA REDDY, A.P. SEN, BAHARUL ISLAM (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302; CrPC Section 4, 5, 21, 27; Constitution
Headnote
Haryana Children Act, 1974, sections 2(d}& 21 read with sections 4, 5 & 21 of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973-Whether a person under 16 years of age and accused of an offence under section 302 Penal Code can get the benefit of the Haryana Children Act, 1974. Allowing the appeal, the Haryana Children Act, 1974 for the offence of murder was not barred. The appellant here was a child within the meaning of that term under clause (d) of section 2 of the Act. (689 A, CJ 2. A perusal 'of section 22 of the Central Children Act, 1960 (Act LX of 1960) which is in pari materia with
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