PTI, GURGAON: A 16-year-old student, accused of killing seven-year-old school mate at a private school, will be tried as an adult in the sensational murder case, a sessions court held today.
Upholding the decision of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB), Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu said the juvenile board has taken into consideration all materials placed before it to establish “the physical and mental capacity to commit the crime” and there was no need for any intervention.
“The order of the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) is legal, correct and holds merit. The order warrants no interference. The JJB has taken into consideration all the materials placed before it from the psychological and sociological findings and therefore it requires no intervention at this stage.
“There is sufficient material to establish that the physical and mental capacity to commit the crime and understand its consequences and hence the accused comes within the parameters of the newly amended Juvenile Justice Act,” the court said while dismissing three appeals filed by the accused student.
The 16-year-old student had challenged the December 20 order of the JJB that had held that the teenager would be tried as an adult in the murder case.
The CBI, in a charge sheet, had alleged that the teenager had murdered the student on September 8 last year in a bid to get the examinations postponed and a scheduled parent-teacher meeting cancelled.
The victim’s body, with the throat slit, was found in the washroom of the school at the Bhondsi area here.
The juvenile board had passed the order based on the sociological, psychological and physiological reports of the Class 11 student .
