Supreme Court · 2013 INSC 635 · Decided 18 September 2013
Ranjeet Goswami v. State of Jharkhand & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2013 INSC 635 · [2013] 9 S.C.R. 497
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1465/2013
- Decided
- 18 September 2013
- Bench
- K.S. RADHAKRISHNAN, A.K. SIKRI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC; Juvenile Justice Act Section 2
Headnote
JUVENILE JUSTICE (CARE AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN) ACT, 2000: s. 2(2) - Juvenile in conflict with law - Proof of juvenility - The school leaving certificate having been proved, the accused could not be subjected to medical examination - Going by the school leaving certificate, since appellant was date of occurrence, he can be tried only by D JJ Board. The appellant, who was accused of having committed offences punishable ulss. 376; 302 and 201, IPC, in order to prove that on the date of occurrence, he was a juvenile, got the Head Mistress of the School examined to prove the School Leaving
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