New Delhi: A juvenile court which had reserved its verdict on the youngest accused in the Delhi gang rape, will now have to wait till the Supreme Court decides on a plea seeking clarity on the provisions under which a juvenile can be tried as an adult.
The Supreme Court today posted for hearing on 14 August, Mr Subramanian Swamy's plea that a minor committing a crime should be tried, not not on the basis of age but mental intellect.
The top court has now asked the Centre to inform the Juvenile Justice Board that its verdict on the accused will be deferred until it decides on the plea. The juvenile accused will also be heard by the Supreme Court, as he is a respondent in Mr Swamy's plea.
The sixth accused, who was 17 when a 23-year-old girl was assaulted, gangraped and murdered in December, was declared a minor by the Juvenile Justice Board in January. Amid outrage across the nation, the girl's parents led calls for trying the minor as an adult due to the sheer brutality of his crime.
If convicted, the juvenile faces a maximum sentence of three years in a reform facility. The police had described him as "an equal participant in the crime" and believes he was the most depraved of the six attackers.
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