ORDER :

Delay condoned.

Leave granted.

2. The only submission advanced at the hands of the learned counsel for the appellant during the course of hearing was, that the appellant was a juvenile on the date of occurrence. In order to establish juvenility, the appellant has relied on a School Leave Certificate dated 18.09.2014. To support his contention, that on the basis of the aforesaid School Leaving Certificate, the appellant should be treated as a juvenile on the date of occurrence, and should be given the benefit of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, learned counsel has placed reliance on a decision rendered by this Court in Ranjeet Goswami v. State of Jharkhand and another (2014) 1 SCC 588. Our attention has been invited to the following observations recorded therein :

"9. We, therefore, find no reason to reject the school leaving certificate. If that be so, as per the ratio laid down in Ashwani Kumar Saxena v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2012) 9 SCC 750 there is no question of subjecting the accused to a medical examination by a Medical Board. Going by the school leaving certificate since the appellant was a juvenile on the date of occurrence, he can be