Nayagarh Minor Girl Murder Case Shifted To Children’s Court | OTV News

Nayagarh: In a recent twist to the sensational case involving the kidnapping and homicide of a five-year-old woman at Jadupur in Nayagarh, the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) on Wednesday transferred the case to the Children’s Court for normal listening to because the accused has been discovered to be between 16 and 18 years previous.
The switch of the case from one court docket to a different was facilitated as per the provisions below Section 15 (3) of the Juvenile Justice Act. The case has been listed for listening to on the Children’s Court on February 5, sources within the court docket mentioned.
“Based on the report of the preliminary assessment of social background and history of the child accused, the JJB has shifted the case to the Children’s Court for hearing. Henceforth, all petitions pertaining to the case will be heard there,” mentioned Chandra Bijayee Mishra, lawyer for the accused.
Following the switch of the case, the minor accused was produced earlier than the Children’s Court.
Meanwhile, SIT counsel Bishnu Prasad Mohapatra mentioned that the investigating agencie’s software searching for Lower Voice Analysis (LVA) take a look at of the accused and different pleas can be heard within the Children’s Court.
“The Juvenile Justice Board decided that the Children’s Court is appropriate to take over the cases involving heinous offences which attract at least seven years of jail term,” Mohapatra added.
Earlier within the day, the kid accused was delivered to Nayagarh from the Juvenile dwelling at Angul and produced earlier than the JJB amid tight safety at this time.
On January 5, the particular POCSO court docket which was listening to the case had termed the accused as a minor and referred the case to the Juvenile Justice Board. Based on the delivery and matriculation certificates, the POCSO court docket had identified that the accused had not attained the age of 18 when the crime befell. The court docket had additionally rejected the SIT plea searching for narco-analysis take a look at on the accused.
The Juvenile Justice Board had additionally rejected the SIT software searching for mind mapping take a look at of the accused.
On December 20, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Odisha Crime Branch led by IPS Officer Arun Bothra had arrested the accused after registering a case below part 376-A, 376-AB, 364, 302, 201 r/w Section 6 of POCSO Act.

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