In violation of the Juvenile Justice Act, police Friday detained a youth minutes after he was released from an observation home.
Earlier, on April 20, the boy, 15, from Shopian’s Keegamarea was detained by the Police and allegedly beaten up. After keeping him indetention for two days, he was sent to juvenile observation home at Harwan.
On Friday when the boy was released from the observationhome, minutes later he was detained by the police outside the observation home.
“The moment he was released from the observation home, thepolice men from Keegam police station detained him right outside theobservation home on Friday. But a day after his detention, the family informedme. He was produced before the Juvenile Justice Board Shopian and from there hewas again sent to the observation home,” said Habeel Iqbal, his lawyer.
The Juvenile is studying in 9th standard in a governmentschool in Shopian. He was booked under section 147, 148, 149, 353, 323,332, 307RPC.
Yusra Rasool, Superintendent, Observation Home, Harwan,said, “The juvenile was released on bail on Friday but he was soon arrested bythe police and now today he was again brought to the observation home.”
The juvenile has now been booked under a fresh charge.Section 307 RPC has been imposed on him.
This is however not the first time that a juvenile has beenillegally detained. There has been instance earlier as well.
On January 7, police detained a 14-year-old boy fromsouthern Tral town and charged him with provisions of the Arms Act, unlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act and attempt to murder.
Days later, another teenager from Awantipora in southernKashmir was detained by the police and taken to Kathua “for questioning.”
On January 13, a juvenile who the police alleged was a militant,was apprehended by police from southern Shopian district.
In December 2018, six boys from Srinagar’s Batamaloo areawere detained by police. Before that, on October 29, a class 12 student fromShopian was picked up by personnel of police station Imam-Saheb allegedly inplace of his brother and detained for two days, preventing the boy from writinghis board examination.