Bombay HC asks juvenile board to verify age of murder convict
The man filed a plea through his father claiming that he was only 17 years old at the time of murder and should have been treated as a juvenile rather than being convicted as an adult. The court has asked the Board to submit the report within 14 weeks. Updated: December 18, 2020 3:12:31 am
A division bench of Justice S C Gupte and Justice S P Tavade was hearing the petition filed by Shinde on January 13. (File)
The Bombay High Court has recently directed the Juvenile Justice Board to verify the age of a 27-year-old man, sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case in 2010.
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MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Juvenile Justice Board, Mumbai, to conduct an inquiry into the claim made by a convict serving a life sentence for murder that he was a juvenile at the time of committing the offence.
The convict, who has been jailed in Nashik Central prison for 10 years, said when he was out on parole in 2017, he visited his native place in UP and came across certain material which indicated he was below 18 years of age.
Convict shows docus to support his age claim
The direction by a bench of Justices S S Shinde and Justice Makarand Karnik came on a petition by Khar (west) resident Arvindkumar Sahu (27), who has been in custody since October 2009, and has undergone imprisonment of 10 years in Nashik jail.
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