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    Children being held criminally liable is a complex issue in criminal law. Setting a minimum age of criminal responsibility based on the idea that children below a certain age don't understand the consequences of their actions is a straightforward approach. This paper examines how views on the age of criminal responsibility have changed and discusses how being a minor can be used as a defense for those under the prescribed age, usually seven years old, who commit a criminal act. Suggestions may be provided to improve the relevant laws.

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    Children being held criminally liable is a complex issue in criminal law. Setting a minimum age of criminal responsibility based on the idea that children below a certain age don't understand the consequences of their actions is a straightforward approach. This paper examines how views on the age of criminal responsibility have changed and discusses how being a minor can be used as a defense for those under the prescribed age, usually seven years old, who commit a criminal act. Suggestions may be provided to improve the relevant laws.

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    Submitted To: Mr. Anant Deogaonkar Submitted By: Ravinder Kumar (10B096) 3 Semester

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    raju7971
    Children being held criminally liable is a complex issue in criminal law. Setting a minimum age of criminal responsibility based on the idea that children below a certain age don't understand the consequences of their actions is a straightforward approach. This paper examines how views on the age of criminal responsibility have changed and discusses how being a minor can be used as a defense for those under the prescribed age, usually seven years old, who commit a criminal act. Suggestions may be provided to improve the relevant laws.

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    The concept of criminal liability of children is a troublesome issue in the area of criminal law. The central problem is about the circumstances in which a child can be held responsible for a criminal act which he or she has committed. The simplest and most straightforward way to handle this is by prescribing a lower age limit for criminal responsibility based on the logic that the children are considered doli incapax or incapable of understanding the consequences of their actions. The researcher through this paper would like to throw light on the changing idea behind the age of criminal responsibility and also the aspect of infancy that can be taken as a defense if any criminal wrong is done by a person below the prescribed age that is seven years old. The researcher would provide with suggestions, if any to improve the law on the point.

    Submitted to: Mr. Anant Deogaonkar Submitted by: Ravinder Kumar (10B096) 3rd Semester

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