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| Delhi rape: Court rules suspect to be tried as juvenile | Delhi rape: Court rules suspect to be tried as juvenile |
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| One of the suspects in last month's fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old student which shocked India is a minor, a court has ruled. | |
| The Juvenile Justice Board said it accepted the accused's date of birth as 4 June 1995, making him 17 years old. He will be tried in a juvenile court. | The Juvenile Justice Board said it accepted the accused's date of birth as 4 June 1995, making him 17 years old. He will be tried in a juvenile court. |
| If convicted, he faces a maximum of three years in a reform facility. | |
| Five other accused are on trial for the crime at a specially convened fast-track court and face the death penalty. | Five other accused are on trial for the crime at a specially convened fast-track court and face the death penalty. |
| The case has shocked India and sparked a debate about its treatment of women. | The case has shocked India and sparked a debate about its treatment of women. |
| A lawyer present in the court said a magistrate announced the decision after going over documents presented to the court by officials of the suspect's elementary school, which indicated that he was a juvenile at the time of the attack, Associated Press reported. | |
| The physiotherapy student, who cannot be named in India for legal reasons, and a male friend were attacked on a bus in south Delhi on 16 December. | |
| Police said the assailants beat both of them, and then raped the woman. She suffered massive internal injuries and died nearly two weeks later in hospital. |