NEW DELHI, Aug 14:
A man who is serving life term in a case of murder of a woman has claimed before the Supreme Court that he was a juvenile at the time of incident in April 2001.
The Apex Court, which was hearing a plea filed by the man challenging the Calcutta High Court verdict upholding his conviction and sentence in the case, was told by his counsel that the petitioner seeks to raise the plea of juvenility, though for the first time, in the court based on a certificate issued by the head master of a school in Odisha’s Bhadrak district on February 19 this year.
A bench of justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah noted that there is an “obvious discrepancy” in the date of birth of the petitioner which has been indicated in figures and in words in the certificate.
The top court directed the sessions judge of Bhadrak district to ensure that original school record along with the certified photocopies for the period in question is obtained from the school and is made available to the court. (PTI)
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