Supreme Court of India
Karan @ Fatiya v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
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In view of the above discussion and the position in law as laid down by the aforesaid judgments and many others referred to in the above judgments, we approve the view taken by this court in the case of Jitendra Singh (supra), Mahesh (supra) and Satya Deo (supra).
Judgment, page 24
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Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015 – Claim of Juvenility – Appellant convicted for various offences under IPC and POCSO Act was awarded death sentence – Death sentence affirmed by High Court – During the pendency of the present appeals, appellant claimed juvenility – Trial Court was directed to submit report after due inquiry – Report submitted, appellant’s date of birth was found to be conclusively proved as 25.07.2002 – Date of incident being 15.12.2017, the appellant was aged 15 years 04 months and 20 days on the date of the incident – Held: No reason to doubt the correctness…
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- 2026 Mahavir @ Avnish v. The State of Madhya Pradesh
- 2024 Thirumoorthy v. State Represented by the Inspector of Police
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