Bhopal-Ujjain Train Blast Case: High Court Rules Minor Accused to Be Tried as Adult

A big decision of the High Court has come out regarding the minor terrorist in the Bhopal-Ujjain train blast case in the year 2017 in Madhya Pradesh. The accused in the case will be considered an adult and the trial will be held in the Juvenile Court. In the case of the explosion in the Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train in the year 2017, the NIA had arrested the minor. The Bhopal District Court had sent a reference to the Madhya Pradesh High Court. Guidance was sought from the MP High Court regarding the selection of the court to hear the case of the minor terrorist.

In fact, the NIA had started an investigation when the train blast was linked to ISIS. The bench of Justice Sanjay Dwivedi of MP High Court remarked – “In the present case, both the Juvenile Justice Act and the NIA Act 2008 are applicable but the Juvenile Justice Act is more effective than any other law”. NIA had arrested several accused in the Shajapur train blast case. The National Investigation Agency i.e. NIA had registered a case against the accused minor terrorist under various sections.

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The NIA had registered a case against the minor terrorist under sections 120B, 122, 307, 326, 324 of the Indian Penal Code, section 3/4 of the Explosive Substances Act, section 150, 151 of the Railway Act, section 4 of the Public Property (Prevention) Act and sections 16 (B), 18, 25, 38 and 39 of the Prevention of Illegal Activities Act