Why 17-yr-old Pune Porsche crash driver, who killed 2, won’t be tried as adult

The Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) dismissed the Pune city police’s application for the minor accused in the Porsche car crash in Pune last year that killed two techies to be tried as an adult. The boy, who was 17 years old at the time, allegedly hit the bike of the victims while driving his father’s car in an inebriated state. What does India’s law say about trying minors as adults?

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