Kapuluru Saivarun & Aishwarya N, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
ABSTRACT
The very purpose of criminal law is to maintain the society in a peaceful way by the prevention of crimes which is fundamentally guaranteed by deterring the offenders. It is evident from the numbers each and every year that the Juvenile perpetrators are escalating rapidly. It is perceptible from the increase in Juvenile crime rates that has been registered under the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred as ‘IPC’) even after the historical 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder case where the role of a Juvenile was considered to be "most brutal" and it triggered the introduction of Juvenile Justice Bill, 2014 in the parliament which later led to the 2015 amendment of the already existing, the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000 that had been replaced by Government of India on 15th January 2016 with the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (hereinafter referred as ‘the Act’). The radical feature of which is that juvenile of the age 16 or above having been committed heinous offences (as defined under section 2 (33) of IPC) may be tried as an adult.
Through this paper, the researchers will explore the question regarding the effectiveness of the Act in the prevention of heinous crimes, analysing the juvenile delinquency and recidivism rates with the data of National Crime Report Bureau from the year of amendment to 2019.
Keywords: Heinous Offences, Juvenile Delinquency, Recidivism, Crime, Punishment.
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