Child tried as adult, whose mom wanted his bail cancelled, gets life term in woman’s murder, rape

Case

The CCL raped and murdered a 60-year-old woman on November 25, 2017 following which a police investigation report (PIR) was filed in Juvenile Justice Board.

On August 25, 2018, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) decided that CCL ‘RS’ was aged more than 16 years on the day of incident and he should be tried as an adult offender.

The case was sent to the sessions court which found him in conflict with law on October 28.

Observations

The court said that the conduct of the CCL shows that earlier when he was released, he misused his liberty and continued his bad habits which reflects that he has never been remorseful for his misdeeds.

Outlining the brutality inflicted by the CCL on the victim, the court said that it explains his criminal psychology existing at the time of offence.

Taking note of the fact that he has undergone a long reformative process but still has “mental issues with senior ladies”, and if released, then there are probabilities that he could again commit some offence against old ladies, who are already vulnerable due to their age.

“This is sufficient to show that reformation is not complete in the CCL and he needs to go through a more reformative process,” the judge said.

If he is set free in society without complete reformation, then he could again get himself involved in crimes, he cannot be released, rather his further reformation is required, the judge said.

The jail superintendent was directed to provide employment to the CCL during his sentence in jail as per his vocational course skills.

Further the court also directed that he shall be provided education in the jail during his sentence.

The court also directed the ‘District Child Protection Unit’ to assess the reformation of the CCL yearly and file its follow up report before this court every year on second day of January, and in case if this day happens to be a holiday, then on the next working day.