New Delhi: Police have registered an FIR in connection with the alleged fake documents of a juvenile who was involved in the murder of a 17-year-old boy in an eatery in southeast Delhi’s Amar Colony in May.
One says his date of birth is Oct 31, 2009, while another shows his birth date as Oct 31, 2010. The 2009 certificate was registered on Dec 29, 2009, which police said was within the prescribed period after birth. The other one was registered on Jan 27, 2014. There, the date of birth was recorded as Oct 31, 2010. A school leaving certificate, issued in Nov 2023, also carried the 2010 date of birth, police said.
Therefore, this detail could decide whether the boy is assessed for trial as an adult under the Juvenile Justice Act.
Accessed by TOI , the boy has two birth certificates, according to the FIR. The certificates also mention two different places of birth. The names of the parents are the same in both certificates. The second certificate was allegedly used for the boy’s school admission in Delhi in the disadvantaged group category. Police seized an automatic pistol, allegedly used in the crime, from the juvenile suspect’s house. Police have registered an FIR against unknown accused for making such fraudulent birth certificates.
The hospital, in a reply dated June 24, confirmed that the boy was born there on Oct 31, 2009.
Police said the first certificate, which records the boy’s birth in a hospital, was verified during the investigation. The date is there in his Aadhaar card and passport, according to the FIR.