"juveniles should be tried and treated as adults" .... debate 150 words
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A juvenile delinquent should be tried as an adult as punishment acts as deterrent to crime. Therefore, children can commit crimes as they have decided to choose the wrong path. Instead of rehabilitation, they should be tried as adults and given punishment so that other children don't commit such shameful acts.
As per law, a juvenile is any individual below the age of 18.
According to laws in India, any child below the age of 7 cannot be convicted under any law for any crime.
Under earlier laws, the distinction between children in conflict with the law and children in need of care and protection was vague, as both were termed juveniles.
In the amended law (2015 Act), the terms are ‘children in conflict with the law’ and ‘children in need of care and protection’; so that the distinction is clear.