Juvenile Crime

You might have heard that a few months ago, a school boy of just 15 years old committed a murder killing his Hindi teacher in his school in Chennai. It was even more pathetic that the court that tried his case had no jurisdiction to try him nor it followed juvenile law during the trial of the boy. A few days ago an appellate court in Chennai quashed the entire proceedings against the boy by the lower court since it lacked jurisdiction. How pathetic it is.The courts too do not apply their mind in such cases that too in a murder case committed by a juvenile offender. Let us hope at least in future such mistakes will not recur.