The appellant, R. S. Gorkhi, was convicted of murder committed on 15‑05‑1979 and claimed he was a minor at the time, seeking protection under Section 2(4) of the Uttar Pradesh Children Act, 1951. The Sessions Judge had relied solely on a school leaving certificate, dated 1998, which recorded his …
The appellants were convicted of murder under IPC s.302 read with s.34 for the killing of Hamam Singh. The trial court had acquitted them, relying on the alleged unreliability of witnesses who were relatives of the deceased, the absence of independent shop‑keeper witnesses, a site‑plan omission, and …
Three writ petitions under Article 32 were filed after a newspaper report alleged that juvenile under‑trial prisoners under 16 years were being kept in Kanpur Central Jail and sexually exploited by adult inmates, despite the existence of a Children’s Home. The Allahabad High Court ordered a Sessions …
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