KAMLENDRA SINGH @ PAPPU SINGH vs STATE OF M.P.

The Supreme Court held that the appellant, Kamlendra Singh, was a juvenile at the time of the alleged offence on 27.8.1993, as evidenced by documents verifying his date of birth as 25.2.1977. The Court referenced the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 and the precedent set in Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State of M.P. (2012) 9 SCC 750, concluding that the trial court's sentence was inappropriate for a juvenile. Consequently, the Court set aside the sentence and directed the case to be referred to the Juvenile Justice Board for appropriate sentencing.