Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 816 · Decided 25 July 2019
Sanjeev Kumar Gupta v. The State of Uttar Pradesh and ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 816 · [2019] 9 S.C.R. 735
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1081/2019
- Decided
- 25 July 2019
- Bench
- D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, INDIRA BANERJEE (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- Juvenile Justice Act
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000: s.7A - Prosecution case was that son of the complainant was murdered after a demand for ransom - Second respondent was arrested during the course of investigation - Claim for juvenility under 2000 Act - Basis issued by CBSE - When matter travelled upto Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), the claim of juvenility was rejected - JJB also observed that while obtaining a driving license and an Aadhaar card, second respondent had declared his date of birth as 17.12.1995 and on that basis he was
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