Older juveniles getting away, law questioned

He is said to be the most brutal of the six who allegedly gangraped the 23-year-old physiotherapist. She later died of her injuries. At the time of the incident, he was 17-and-a-half-year-old, a juvenile in the eyes of the law. But picture this: In a few months, the accused will be walking out free as no harsh punishment can be given to him under Juvenile Justice Act. He can get a maximum sentence of just three years but a glaring anomaly in the JJ Act will reduce even this term to a few months.

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