Juvenile Age

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.

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...

'Amanat' case: Ruling on juvenile suspect's age expected today

Edited by Sindhu Manjesh | Monday January 28, 2013

A magistrate at Delhi's Juvenile Justice Board is expected to decide whether the school certificate of the sixth accused in the Delhi gang-rape case is valid or not today.

Nitish Kumar favours reducing age of juvenile to 16

Press Trust of India | Monday January 7, 2013

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday suggested change in laws against heinous crimes like rape with provision of speedy trial and favoured reducing juvenile age from 18 to 16 years in view of the spate of crimes being committed by youngsters.

Need to reduce age limit for juveniles to 16, say states

Reported by Sudhi Ranjan Sen; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Friday January 4, 2013

All states do not support the introduction of the death penalty for rapists. At a meeting of the senior-most bureaucrats and police officers of the country, chaired by Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, there was also no consensus on whether parole s...

'Amanat' case: bone test for juvenile suspect

Associated Press | Wednesday January 2, 2013

A bone test is being conducted to confirm the age of a juvenile suspect in custody for the fatal assault and gang-rape of a young woman, while prosecutors will seek the death penalty for the other five men arrested with him, police said on Tuesday.

Peon raped minor girls at government orphanage in Allahabad

Press Trust of India | Friday April 6, 2012

In a shocking incident In Allahabad, the alleged rape of at least three girls aged less than 10 years inside a state-run juvenile home here has come to light following which its superintendent has been placed under suspension while a peon accused of ...

26/11 trial: Qasab not a minor, doctors tell court

Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 29, 2009

Medical tests reveal that Ajmal Amir Qasab, prime accused in Mumbai terror attack case, is above 20 years in age and not a juvenile as claimed by him.