: Hyderabad gangrape: Four out of five minors can be tried as adults, says Juvenile Justice Board #IndiaNEWS A Juvenile Justice Board in Hyderabad held on Friday that four out of five minors accused

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Hyderabad gangrape: Four out of five minors can be tried as adults, says Juvenile Justice Board #IndiaNEWS
A Juvenile Justice Board in Hyderabad held on Friday that four out of five minors accused of having gang-raped and sexually assaulted a girl in May can be tried as adults, ANI reported.The board held that the fifth minor should be treated as a child, which means that proceedings against him will continue under the Juvenile Justice Act. The sixth accused person in the case, Saduddin Malik, is an adult. The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 allows those aged above 16 to be treated as adults if they have been accused of a heinous crime. However, the Juvenile Justice Board has to evaluate if they were mentally and physically capable of committing the offence.Under the Act, a minor who committed a crime can be sent to an observation home for a maximum of three years. If the minors are tried as adults and convicted, they will be placed in an observation home till they are 21, and then shifted to a jail. They cannot be sentenced to death or life imprisonment without the possibility of release.The caseOn May 28, the 17-year-old girl and her friend had gone to a pub to attend a party where she was allegedly befriended by the accused persons, according to the police. They offered to drop her home...Read more

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