The Supreme court has directed that Narayan Chetanram Chaudhary be set free forthwith from the correctional home in which he remains imprisoned as he suffered imprisonment for more than 28 years after his arrest in 1994. He was a juvenile at that time.
When trying a juvenile as an adult, the court in effect accepts that the juvenile has the mental capacity of an adult and, therefore, has criminal responsibility of an adult and undeserving of rehabilitation
In very simple words, juvenile delinquency is the participation in illegal activities by minors. A juvenile delinquent is a person who is typically under the age of 18 and commits an act that otherwise would have been charged and tried as adults.