Kanpur: The Juvenile Justice Board in Kanpur has declared that Khushi, wife of slain gangster Amar Dubey, an accused in the Bikru massacre, is a juvenile.
Khushi, who had been married to Amar Dubey just three days before the Bikru massacre took place on July 3, was arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) and has been languishing in jail ever since.
Eight policemen were shot dead by gangster Vikas Dubey and his men on July 3 when they went to the Bikru village to arrest him.
His accomplice, Amar Dubey, was shot dead in a police encounter on July 8 and Khushi was arrested immediately after.
Khushi's father, Shyam Lal Tiwari, on August 12, had submitted an affidavit before the special anti-dacoity court at Mati headquarters in Kanpur Dehat, pleading that his daughter is tried as a juvenile.
He had submitted a copy of her High School certificate and other basic school documents, in support of his daughter's age, which shows her to be a minor as on July 3 -- the day of the Bikru ambush.
Khushi has been made a co-accused in the incident and booked under sections 302, 307, 394 of IPC and section 7 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act.
Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Kanpur Dehat, Kamalkant Gupta said that in case of a heinous offence alleged to have been committed by a minor, who has completed or is above the age of 16 years, the Board shall conduct a preliminary assessment of the accused's mental and physical capacity to commit such an offence, ability to understand consequences of the crime and circumstances in which it was committed.