Andhra Pradesh High Court sets aside remand of 17-year-old, says police and magistrate failed to verify age before sending juvenile to jail
The Court’s directions were confined to the petitioner’s son, and the proceedings against the other accused were not disturbed by the order. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has set aside the remand of a 17-year-old boy who was sent to judicial custody after police presented him before a Magistrate as a 19-year-old, holding that the … Read more