'Juvenile' accused lied about age?

NAVI MUMBAI: A youth who had stated his age as 16 while being arrested in an assault case in Nerul on April 21 was produced in a juvenile court and released on bail. However, it has come to the fore that on January this year, the accused procured a driving licence, which states his age as 19.
The accused had assaulted Sohail Khan (19). Khan was beaten on the head with a bamboo stick and left bleeding profusely.The victim's cousins, Irfan (21) and Anjar (22), who tried to save him, were also assaulted. Khan and his cousins reported the matter to the police. The victim then went to his native place in Uttar Pradesh for recovery.
When Khan came to know that the accused had been produced in a juvenile court, he procured the accused's licence details and found his birth year to be 1992. He wrote to Navi Mumbai police commissioner, asking him to look into the matter.-Nathaniel Valthaty"We will investigate the matter and take action," said senior inspector Rajkumar Chaphekar of Nerul police station.
Khan and his cousins reported the matter at the Nerul police station after which he was admitted at DY Patil Hospital owing to his injuries. Khan later went to his native place in Uttar Pradesh for recovering. On returning, he came to know that only the accused was arrested, and not the other youths. What shocked him was that the accused was produced in a juvenile court at Bhiwandi and released on bail. Knowing that the accused possessed a driver's license, Khan sought details of the accused person's license from the Vashi RTO, upon which he found a 1992 date of birth. Khan then wrote to Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai, requesting him to look into the matter.
The incident took place late in the evening near IDBI bank at sector 27, Nerul.
Khan, a businessman's son, stated in his complaint to the police that he had confronted the accused a day earlier for spreading bad rumours about him.
in which at Bhiwandi after which he was released on bail. The accused had stated his age to be 16 years while being arrested. He however, possesses a driving licence which he procured in January 2012, stating his age to be 19 years.
The accused is a college dropout, his father works in a shipping company based in the Gulf. On April 21, the accused and a group of 10 or 15 youth had assaulted Sohail Khan (19), a school dropout, in Nerul. Khan, a businessman's son, stated in his complaint to the police that he had confronted the accused a day earlier for spreading bad rumours about him.
Khan who was beaten on the head with a bamboo stick lying nearby was left bleeding profusely. Khan's cousins, Irfan (21) and Anjar (22), who tried to save him, were also assaulted. The incident took place late in the evening near IDBI bank at sector 27, Nerul.
Khan and his cousins reported the matter at the Nerul police station after which he was admitted at DY Patil Hospital owing to his injuries. Khan later went to his native place in Uttar Pradesh for recovering. On returning, he came to know that only the accused was arrested, and not the other youths. What shocked him was that the accused was produced in a juvenile court at Bhiwandi and released on bail. Knowing that the accused possessed a driver's license, Khan sought details of the accused person's license from the Vashi RTO, upon which he found a 1992 date of birth. Khan then wrote to Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai, requesting him to look into the matter.
"We will investigate the matter and take necessary action," said Senior Inspector Rajkumar Chaphekar of Nerul police station.