Supreme Court · 2008 INSC 1030 · Decided 11 September 2008
Ranjit Singh v. State of Haryana
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2008 INSC 1030 · [2008] 13 S.C.R. 332
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1458/2008
- Decided
- 11 September 2008
- Bench
- ARIJIT PASAYAT, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 302, 452, 34, 323; Juvenile Justice Act Section 20
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 - s. 20 - Applicability of - Accused tried for commission c of offence under /PC in 1993 - Age of accused more than 16 years on date of occurrence - Held: s. 20 deals with cases related to period when 1986 Act was in force - It provides as if Act of 2000 is not in existence - Even if the definition of 'iuvenile' has undergone change by D fixing age to be 18 years, proceedings shall continue on the footing that accused was juvenile under 1986 Act - Thus, accused is not legally permissible to take the applicable age to be
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