New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to pronounce its order on the maintainability of a plea seeking prosecution of a juvenile accused in the December 16 gangrape case under normal criminal laws this week. The plea has been filed by Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy. The verdict of the Juvenile Justice Board on the minor accused is still awaited.
An apex court bench headed by Chief justice P Sathasivam said that it will pronounce its order on the plea either on August 21 or August 22.
Swamy on Wednesday told the court that his petition was on the larger question whether the Juvenile Justice Act was in consonance with the article 253 of the constitution and the mention of juvenile accused in the gangrape case was incidental.
The minor accused was 17 when the 23-year-old girl was brutally assaulted and gangraped inside a private bus in Delhi. She later died after battling for life for 13 days in a Singapore Hospital. He was declared a minor by the Juvenile Justice Board in January.
(With Additional Information From PTI)
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