Juvenile

Father of nine-year-old who drove Ferrari arrested, granted bail

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy; edited by Janaki Fernandes | Monday April 29, 2013

The Thrissur-based businessman who filmed his nine-year-old son driving his Ferrari, was arrested today and immediately granted bail on a surety of Rs 5000. The Ferrari has been returned to businessman Mohammed Nisham on the condition that he will su...

Case filed against father of nine-year-old who drove Ferrari

Reported by Sneha Mary Koshy; edited by Mala Das | Friday April 26, 2013

A case has been registered against the father of a nine-year-old boy in Kerala who was seen driving a Ferrari in a YouTube video. Nisham, a bidi firm owner, has been booked under Section 23 of the Juvenile Justice Act for allowing his underage son to...

Influenced by movie, teenager allegedly slits taxi driver's throat

Press Trust of India | Monday April 15, 2013

A 13-year-old boy allegedly slashed the throat of a taxi-driver in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

Two fifth-graders in US face trial in alleged murder plot

Reuters | Saturday March 30, 2013

Two Washington state fifth-grade boys, accused in a foiled plot to rape and kill a girl and kill or harm six other classmates, will stand trial as juveniles, a prosecutor said on Friday.

Pope Francis washes women's feet in break with church law

Associated Press | Friday March 29, 2013

In his most significant break with tradition yet, Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of two young women at a juvenile detention centre - a surprising departure from church rules that restrict the Holy Thursday ritual to men.

Minor allegedly gang-raped in Malkanagiri

Press Trust of India | Wednesday March 20, 2013

A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped by four persons, including three juveniles, in a village of the district, police said on Tuesday.

Four class 11 boys detained for raping classmate

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 18, 2013

Four juveniles were detained in New Delhi for sexually assaulting a girl who studies with them in Class 11, police said on Monday.

Mumbai school shocker: 1st standard student chained for talking in class

Written by Rashmi Rajput | Sunday March 17, 2013

In the complaint, the parents of the class I student have alleged that on March 13, the boy was chained and paraded in the school as punishment because he was talking in the class.

Supreme Court sends notice to Centre and Jammu & Kashmir on juvenile offender's plea

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday March 11, 2013

The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and Jammu & Kashmir on a plea to quash a criminal case against a 12-year-old boy and implementation of a law on juvenile offenders in the state.

Delhi gang-rape main accused Ram Singh allegedly used his own clothes to hang himself in Tihar Jail

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Monday March 11, 2013

In a huge security lapse, Ram Singh, one of the six men accused of brutally gang-raping a medical student in a moving bus in Delhi last December, has allegedly committed suicide at Tihar Jail, where he was lodged. He reportedly used his own clothes t...

Saudi Arabia delays execution of seven men

Reuters | Tuesday March 5, 2013

Saudi Arabia has postponed the execution of seven men convicted of armed robbery committed when most of them were juveniles while the royal court looks into a request for a retrial, relatives and family friends said on Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia to behead seven today: rights group

Reuters | Tuesday March 5, 2013

Saudi Arabia is scheduled to execute seven men on Tuesday for crimes committed when they were juveniles aged under 18, the British-based rights group Amnesty International said.

'Amanat' case: 17-year-old to be tried for rape, murder in juvenile court

Edited by Surabhi Malik | Thursday February 28, 2013

The 17-year-old who was arrested along with five adults after a student was fatally gang-raped on a Delhi bus will be tried for charges of rape and murder, a juvenile court in Delhi has decided.

Delhi gang-rape case: Singapore hospital doctors to depose before fast-track court from today

Edited by Ashish Mukherjee | Monday February 25, 2013

Three doctors of Singapore's Mount Elizabeth Hospital where a medical student gangraped in Delhi died of her injuries will, beginning Monday, depose before a special fast-track court hearing the case.

Juvenile Offenders: A Second Chance

Written by Sutapa Deb | Saturday February 16, 2013

The Delhi gang-rape case two months ago brought the issue of juvenile justice into sharp focus. So far, the debates have looked at the law in a negative context, and revisited the age limit angle. An important dimension of the law, reform and rehabil...