OK to give Gurugram juvenile life term in school murder: SC

  • | Saturday | 21st July, 2018

But Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra junked the argument. The Supreme Court rejected on Friday the bail plea of a 16-year-old boy, accused of killing a seven-year-old student in a private school in Gurugram last September, saying the alleged crime fell under the category of "heinous offence" and a life sentence could be given with possibility of remission.Earlier, a sessions court had held the juvenile would be tried as an adult in the murder case under a new law.Advocate Gaurav Agarwal, appearing for the accused in the SC , said the possibility of remission meant the alleged crime didn't fall under the category of "heinous offence" but "serious offence".

The Supreme Court rejected on Friday the bail plea of a 16-year-old boy, accused of killing a seven-year-old student in a private school in Gurugram last September, saying the alleged crime fell under the category of "heinous offence" and a life sentence could be given with possibility of remission.Earlier, a sessions court had held the juvenile would be tried as an adult in the murder case under a new law.Advocate Gaurav Agarwal, appearing for the accused in the SC , said the possibility of remission meant the alleged crime didn't fall under the category of "heinous offence" but "serious offence". But Justices R F Nariman and Indu Malhotra junked the argument.

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