2000 (5) TMI 1040 - SUPREME COURT

Which date the age of the petitioner is required to be determined for finding out whether he is a juvenile or not?

Whether the finding as to age, as arrived at by the Courts below and maintained by the High Court, can be sustained?

Held that:- Appeal dismissed. We are clear in our mind that the crucial date for determining the question whether a person is juvenile is the date when he is brought before the competent authority.

So far as the finding regarding the age of the appellant is concerned it is based on appreciation of evidence and arrived at after taking into consideration of the material available on record and valid reasons having been assigned for it. The finding arrived at by the learned A.C.J.M. has been maintained by the Sessions Court in appeal and the High Court in revision. No case having been made out for interfering therewith.