At the time of companyviction the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 hereinafter referred to as 1986 Act was in operation.
The Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Rules 2007 hereinafter referred to as 2007 Rules were brought into force on 26th October 2007.
Relying on the certificate issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education it is companytended that the appellant was born on 4.5.1980 and on the date of incident he was below 16 years of age.
On 5/6/1998, the appellant was companyvicted for life imprisonment and other terms between 7 and 10 years.
The appellant was shown to have been arrested on 1/3/1996.
Dr. ARIJIT PASAYAT,J. Heard learned companynsel for the parties.
The companytroversy lies within a very narrow companypass which relates to legality of the proceedings before the learned Sessions Judge, Kurukshetra, in dealing with the present matter.
