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New Delhi: The Bombay High Court has ordered the release of a 36-year-old rape convict after finding that he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, nearly two decades ago...
It observed, It is an admitted fact that the applicant has already undergone more than three years of actual imprisonment..
However, on the completion of 14 years in jail, he filed an application for premature release, according to the terms of policy of the state government, but his application was rejected in November 2019..
While this petition challenging the refusal of remission was pending before the high court, Chauhan filed an interim application claiming he was a juvenile at the time of the crime...
Armed with this, Chauhans lawyer then told the court that his date of birth was 16 April 1988, and therefore, he was aged about 16 years and 9 months at the time of the crime. He said the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 should apply to him..
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