The apex court on Friday (July 20) denied bail to juvenile accused in the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur by upholding the decision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court to refuse the bail plea of the accused.

Juvenile’s father had moved the bail plea in the  apex court contending that the time period for the submission of chargesheet is 60 days and as that was not complied he should be given bail. However, the top court refuted the contentions saying that this is a murder case and the sentence can be life imprisonment, so the chargesheet can be submitted in 90 days.

—India Legal Bureau