SADDAM ANSARI Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the State.

(2.) THE petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 23.04.2014 passed by the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner -III, Ranchi, in S.T. No. 39 of 2013, whereby the petitioner has been declared to be a major on the date of occurrence.

(3.) THIS Court was of the view from the allegation in the FIR that the offence had been committed much prior to the date of the FIR. It had also come on record that in the meantime the victim was examined and she had also mentioned about the period of occurrence, but these facts had not been taken into consideration by the Court below while assessing the age of the petitioner. Accordingly, this Court by order dated 21.03.2014 directed the Court below to pass the order afresh, adjudicating the claim of the petitioner in accordance with law, taking into consideration all the materials available on record, including the evidence of the victim.