Juvenile Justice Act 2015: Adult Trial Denied for Mentally Immature Teen in Heinous Sexual Offence Case: Allahabad High Court
The case concerns a juvenile accused of committing a heinous offence under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. The accused, being over sixteen years old at the time of the offence, faced the possibility of being tried as an adult. The legal question was whether the Juvenile Justice Board and the Children’s Court correctly applied Section 15 of the Act, which mandates a preliminary assessment of…
