Bus-stand grenade attack
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 14: In the much publicized bus-stand grenade attack case, Juvenile Justice Board headed by Principal Magistrate Meyank Gupta has issued directions for constitution of Medical Board for age determination of the accused.
After hearing CPO Parshant Mahajan with PO Amir Beigh in an application filed by the police, the Board directed Superintendent of Government Medical College Jammu to constitute a Medical Board comprising of a Physiologist, a Dental Examiner and a Radiologist or Forensic Expert, of whom one shall be notified as the Chairperson.
“All the members of the Medical Board shall give their individual finding on age which shall then be forwarded to the Chairperson of the Board to give the final opinion on the age within a margin of one year”, the Board said and fixed 15 days time for compliance of the order.
“On the basis of documents prima facie the age of the JCL on the date of commission of alleged offences was 13 years approximately but from the physical appearance, the JCL appears to be more than 13 years of age”, the Board observed.
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