Ryan accused back in juvenile home
The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in Gurugram on Wednesday sent a 16-year-old student of the Ryan International School to the juvenile home again for 14 days.
The juvenile has been accused of murdering a seven-year-old student, Pradyuman Thakur, in the school premises on September 8.
He was produced before the JJB after his custody ended on Wednesday. He was last produced before the board on November 11.
He has since been put up at an observational home in Faridabad.
Meanwhile, the juvenile’s father alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) interrogated his son beyond the prescribed time.
The board had fixed his interrogation for 10 am to 6 pm during a three-day remand that the agency got on November 8. Hearing on his plea is now scheduled for December 29, said a lawyer who attended the proceedings.
The agency also sought permission to get his fingerprints but the matter has been posted for a later hearing. “There has been no decision on whether the juvenile should be tried as an adult,” Sushil Tekriwal, counsel of the victim’s father, Barun Chandra Thakur, said.
On November 14, Thakur had filed a petition before the JJB, seeking that the 16-year-old accused be tried as an adult, stating …read more
