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16-Year-Old Boy Faces Juvenile Murder Charge After Friend’s High-Rise Fall

Police reclassified the June 24 fall as homicide following trajectory tests, CCTV footage, questioning—triggering murder charges under the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita before the Juvenile Justice Board.

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Minor booked for pushing15-year-old girl off the terrace
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Overview

  • The victim, a 15-year-old former schoolmate, fell from the 30th-floor terrace of a Bhandup West high-rise after meeting her 16-year-old friend on June 24.
  • Investigators uncovered CCTV inconsistencies, dummy trajectory results and the girl’s discarded mobile phone to establish that she was pushed during a rooftop argument.
  • The accused initially claimed the fall was a suicide driven by academic stress, a version challenged by the victim’s family and a post-mortem citing shock from multiple injuries.
  • The FIR invokes murder sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita alongside the Juvenile Justice Act, requiring the case to proceed before a Juvenile Justice Board.
  • Authorities are gathering additional witness statements and preserving forensic samples, including viscera, to strengthen the prosecution’s case.