Legal Principle: Nothing is an ‘offence’, if committed by a child below seven years of age. Fact Situation: Adil, aged six years, is a student of class one. He placed his sharpened pencil on the bench with its pointed end up when his classmate Ajay stood up to answer a question from the teacher. Ajay gets hurt when he sits on the pencil and Adil and his friends have a good laugh. Ajay’s father, on seeing his son injured when he returns home, wants action against Adil. Which of the following statements is the most appropriate in relation to the legal principle stated above?

Option A: Adil has committed an ‘offence’.

Option B: Adil has not committed any ‘offence’.

Option C: Childish pranks cannot be investigated by the police.

Option D: The class teacher must be arrested.

Correct Answer

Option: b

Explanation

Section 82 of the IPC, states that “Nothing is an offence which is done by a child under 7 years of age,” providing absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for children below 7 years old.

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