Age determination of juvenile offenders shall be completed within 15 days: HC
The Hindu
‘IO shall ensure that ossification test is conducted, report is obtained and filed before the Juvenile Justice Board’
The Delhi High Court has directed that the process of age determination of a juvenile in conflict with law shall be completed within 15 days of filing of documents and ossification test by the Investigating Officer (IO) of a case.
The High Court said the IO shall ensure that the ossification test in relation to the juvenile is completed, a report is obtained and filed before the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) within 15 days from the date the test is ordered by the board.
“In all cases pertaining to juveniles in conflict with law, regardless of the nature of offences alleged, the JJB shall ensure that the process of age-determination of the juvenile is completed within 15 days from the filing of documents relating to proof of age/ossification test report by the IO, as the case may be,” a Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup Jairam Bhambhani said.
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