Supreme Court · 2012 INSC 361 · Decided 29 August 2012
Vijay Singh v. State of Delhi
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2012 INSC 361 · [2012] 7 S.C.R. 434
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1322/2012
- Decided
- 29 August 2012
- Bench
- T.S. THAKUR, F.M. IBRAHIM KALIFULLA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Partly allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 307; Juvenile Justice Act Section 2(k), 2(1), 7A, 20, 49
Headnote
Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000 C [as amended] - ss. 2(k), 2(1), 7A, 20 and 49 - Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Rules, 2007 - rr.12 and 98 - Appellant allegedly gave knife blows on the person of PW- 4 - Trial court convicted appellant u/s.307 /PC imprisonment for five years - Conviction and o sentence confirmed by High Court - Before Supreme Court, for the first time the appellant took the plea of juvenility - Placing reliance upon his school leaving certificate, the appellant pleaded that that he was a juvenile on the date of the
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