Plea Of Juvenility Has To Be Raised In A Bonafide And Truthful Manner

Case: Manoj @ Monu @ Vishal Chaudhary vs State of Haryana

Coram: Justices Hemant Gupta and V. Ramasubramanian

Case No.: CrA 207 OF 2022

Court Observation: “The appellant sought to rely upon juvenility only on the basis of school leaving record in his application filed under Section 7A of the 2000 Act. Such school record is not reliable and seems to be procured only to support the plea of juvenility. The appellant has not referred to date of birth certificate in his application as it was obtained subsequently. Needless to say, the plea of juvenility has to be raised in a bonafide and truthful manner. If the reliance is on a document to seek juvenility which is not reliable or dubious in nature, the appellant cannot be treated to be juvenile keeping in view that the Act is a beneficial legislation. As also held in Babloo Pasi, the provisions of the statute are to be interpreted liberally but the benefit cannot be granted to the appellant who has approached the Court with untruthful statement”

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