By the impugned order, the High Court also referred to the order of the Supreme Court dated 09.07.2018 and pointed out that the Supreme Court had taken numbere that the investigating officials have verified the School Leaving Certificate from the companycerned school authorities and the order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate dated 10.01.2013 and after companysideration of all the documents, the Supreme Court negatived the plea of juvenility taken by the petitioner Pawan Kumar Gupta by its order dated 09.07.2018.
Accused Pawan Kumar Gupta has filed this SLP challenging the order dated 19.12.2019 passed by the High Court of Delhi in Criminal Revision Petition No.1301 of 2019 dismissing the claim of the petitioner of juvenility.
The learned Sessions Judge also referred to the order of the Supreme Court dated 09.07.2018 in and by which the Supreme Court had inter alia rejected the plea of juvenility taken by the petitioner Pawan Kumar Gupta while dismissing the review petition.
While dismissing the plea of juvenility, the High Court had numbered that the petitioner had earlier raised the plea of juvenility in the review petition filed before the Supreme Court against the death penalty awarded to him and that the same was dismissed by the Supreme Court on 09.07.2018.
The said petition was dismissed by the Additional Sessions Judge, FTC Court No.7 by order dated 21.12.2018.
In the impugned order, the High Court in detail referred to the order passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate dated 10.01.2013 and the order of the Supreme Court dated 09.07.2018 and rejected the plea of juvenility raised by the petitioner.
In the said order dated 21.12.2018, the learned Sessions Judge referred to the order dated 10.01.2013 passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate.
It is stated that age verification report of the petitioner Pawan Kumar Gupta had been received and also certified companyies had been filed before the learned Metropolitan Magistrate.
