In State Of Madhya Pradesh v. Ramji Lal Sharma & Anr., 2024 INSC 747, the Hon’ble Supreme Court while dealing with a miscellaneous application in a criminal appeal disposed earlier, set aside the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment thereby acquitting the Applicant as he was a minor at the time of commission of the offence. The Hon’ble Court referring to its earlier decision reiterated that an application for claiming juvenility can be made even after the judgment is passed and an order of conviction and sentence is granted and attained finality. The conviction was set aside on the ground of juvenility even though the Counsel for Respondent objected to the slight variance in the name of Applicant in the documents referred for determination of his age, the petition mentioned the Applicant’s name as “Brijnandan alias Brajesh Sharma” whereas the school documents mentioned “Brijesh Kumar” and Aadhar card mentioned “Brijesh” but the father’s name remained same in all the documents and on the basis of same, the relief was granted.
