Judiciary's Role in Dealing with Child Offenders

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The judiciar has to pla a paregoric role at the time of punishing an offending juenile The court has to keep in mind the age of the juvenile The object of punishment is the reformation of the offender and his rehbailitaiotn in the society prolnged detentionof juveniles in the companyofhardend criminals would be subversive to theat objective. An inordinaely long prison term is sure to turn him into an abdurate criminal In case of child offenders amore humanitarian approach is required. According to Justice Krishna lyer, the aim of crimainal justice to be correction informed by the compassion, not incarceration leading to degeratopm. According to him the criminal law in India should apra h the child offender not as a tareget of harsh punishment but humane nourishment