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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(CRL) 1715/2012
% Date of Decision:20th November, 2013
VIJAY KUMAR ..... Petitioner
Through : Mr.S.B. Dandapani, Adv.
versus
STATE OF THE NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent
Through : Mr.Dayan Krishnan and Ms.Manvi Priya,
Advs. for the State.
SI Ashish S. Dalal, P.S. Kapashera.
G.S. SISTANI, J. (ORAL)
1. With the consent of counsel for the parties the present writ petition is set down for final hearing and disposal. The necessary facts to be noticed and as stated in the writ petition are that the petitioner stands convicted by a judgment and order on sentence dated 18.8.2003. The petitioner is serving the sentence awarded and has served more than 11 years out of total sentence of life imprisonment. The petitioner has raised a plea of being a juvenile on the date of commission of the offence i.e. 6.10.2001. According to the petitioner, on the date of incident he was 16 year old. In support of his plea of juvenility the petitioner has filed along with this petition a copy of the ration card, which shows his age as 20 years on the date of issuance of the ration card i.e. 14.9.2007. The ration card also contains the age of his parents and other siblings.
2. Counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance on Hari Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr. 2009 (6) SCALE 695 and more particularly paragraph 18 in support of his argument that a claim of juvenility can be raised