Juveniles Tried As Adults

A day after Juvenile Justice Board granted bail to a teen involved in a car accident that killed two people while asking him to write a 300-word essay, police said they will seek a higher court's permission to prosecute him as an adult accused.

In a rare order, a Delhi court has directed the prosecution of two minors, both around 17 years of age, as adults in a murder case, noting that the they were "emboldened" to commit the brutal crime after being let off early in another murder case.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile at the time of the offence and now can be tried afresh as an adult.

Merely because a juvenile is directed to be tried as an adult in a case does not mean he or she can be denied the benefit of provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, the Bombay High Court said while granting bail to a

A youth who was 16 years old when he was accused of killing his seven-year-old schoolmate at a private school here in September 2017 will be tried as an adult in the sensational murder case.

Four minors accused in the Jubilee Hills gangrape case in May can be tried as adults in view of the grave nature of their offence, a Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) said on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said a juvenile accused of killing a seven-year-old child at a private school in Haryana's Gurgaon district in 2017 be examined afresh to ascertain whether he should be tried as an adult or not for the alleged crime.

In the Hyderabad gang-rape of a teenaged girl for which six persons have been arrested, police will push for the five under-18 accused to be tried as adults so that they do not get lighter punishment on account of being juveniles.

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the crime of accused, who was four days short of turning 18 when he was driving his father's Mercedes Benz and killed a young man in Delhi in 2016, will not be treated as heinous but "serious" and he should be tried as a child under juvenile law and not as an adult in a court of law.

The family court judges were in different New Jersey counties, but the question prosecutors asked them was the same: Can we charge these male juveniles as adults on allegations of rape? No, said both judges.

The father of a seven-year-old school student in Gurugram who was killed by another student in the toilet of the school in 2017, has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order treating the accused as a juvenile.

The Supreme Court Monday stayed the proceedings of the Gurugram Juvenile Justice Board or JJB which was to consider afresh whether a teenager accused of killing a seven-year-old boy inside a private school, should be tried as an adult in the case.

The accused in the horrific gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, who had claimed to be a juvenile, will be tried as an adult, lawyers said today. Medical tests have confirmed that the man was between 19 and 23 years in age. Seven other men are accused in the case, which will be heard at a fast-track court in Punjab's Pathankot.

A Gurgaon court today denied bail to a 16-year-old student, accused of killing seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur at the Ryan International School. Just last month, the Juvenile Justice Board had said that the accused will be treated as an adult and undergo a regular trial in a court.

A 17-year-old boy accused of raping a girl of the same age will be tried as an adult, the Juvenile Justice Board has ordered, saying his crime was "meticulously planned".

A day after Juvenile Justice Board granted bail to a teen involved in a car accident that killed two people while asking him to write a 300-word essay, police said they will seek a higher court's permission to prosecute him as an adult accused.

In a rare order, a Delhi court has directed the prosecution of two minors, both around 17 years of age, as adults in a murder case, noting that the they were "emboldened" to commit the brutal crime after being let off early in another murder case.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday held that one of the accused in the sensational gangrape and murder case of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua was not a juvenile at the time of the offence and now can be tried afresh as an adult.

Merely because a juvenile is directed to be tried as an adult in a case does not mean he or she can be denied the benefit of provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, the Bombay High Court said while granting bail to a

A youth who was 16 years old when he was accused of killing his seven-year-old schoolmate at a private school here in September 2017 will be tried as an adult in the sensational murder case.

Four minors accused in the Jubilee Hills gangrape case in May can be tried as adults in view of the grave nature of their offence, a Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) said on Friday.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said a juvenile accused of killing a seven-year-old child at a private school in Haryana's Gurgaon district in 2017 be examined afresh to ascertain whether he should be tried as an adult or not for the alleged crime.

In the Hyderabad gang-rape of a teenaged girl for which six persons have been arrested, police will push for the five under-18 accused to be tried as adults so that they do not get lighter punishment on account of being juveniles.

The Supreme Court on Thursday held that the crime of accused, who was four days short of turning 18 when he was driving his father's Mercedes Benz and killed a young man in Delhi in 2016, will not be treated as heinous but "serious" and he should be tried as a child under juvenile law and not as an adult in a court of law.

The family court judges were in different New Jersey counties, but the question prosecutors asked them was the same: Can we charge these male juveniles as adults on allegations of rape? No, said both judges.

The father of a seven-year-old school student in Gurugram who was killed by another student in the toilet of the school in 2017, has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Punjab and Haryana High Court order treating the accused as a juvenile.

The Supreme Court Monday stayed the proceedings of the Gurugram Juvenile Justice Board or JJB which was to consider afresh whether a teenager accused of killing a seven-year-old boy inside a private school, should be tried as an adult in the case.

The accused in the horrific gang-rape and murder of an 8-year-old in Kathua, who had claimed to be a juvenile, will be tried as an adult, lawyers said today. Medical tests have confirmed that the man was between 19 and 23 years in age. Seven other men are accused in the case, which will be heard at a fast-track court in Punjab's Pathankot.

A Gurgaon court today denied bail to a 16-year-old student, accused of killing seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur at the Ryan International School. Just last month, the Juvenile Justice Board had said that the accused will be treated as an adult and undergo a regular trial in a court.

A 17-year-old boy accused of raping a girl of the same age will be tried as an adult, the Juvenile Justice Board has ordered, saying his crime was "meticulously planned".