In Brief
Pawan Kumar Gupta challenged the High Court's dismissal of his claim that he was a juvenile when the alleged offence was committed in 2012, based on a school certificate showing he was born in 1996. The Supreme Court dismissed his plea, holding that once an accused has raised and had a juvenility claim rejected through the trial court, High Court, and Supreme Court, he cannot re-agitate the same claim by filing a fresh application under the Juvenile Justice Act. The Court affirmed that the trial court's age determination based on the age verification report and parental confirmation was conclusive and had achieved finality.
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