Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 253 · Decided 22 February 2019
Raju v. The State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 253 · [2019] 4 S.C.R. 18
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1175/2014
- Decided
- 22 February 2019
- Bench
- N.V. RAMANA, MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR, INDIRA BANERJEE (3-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 376(2)(g), 376; Juvenile Justice Act Section 7A
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 - s.7A - Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 - r.12 - Trial court convicted three accused persons for the offence of gang-rape u/s.376(2)(g) of IPC - All the accused Court - Appellant-accused raised the defence that he was aged less than 18 years at the time of commission of the offence - High Court rejected the contention and affirmed the conviction of the three accused including the appellant - In appeal, Supreme Court directed the
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