The Madras High Court in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, has quashed the life sentence imposed on a 17-year-old juvenile convicted in the murder of Kannan, the president of Vanniyar Sangam town, in Mayiladudurai in 2022. A division bench comprising Justice Anita Sumanth and Justice Sunder Mohan ruled in favor of the juvenile's mother, who filed an appeal against the trial court's decision. The court highlighted that the juvenile was tried alongside adult co-accused in the Nagapattinam sessions court, which was deemed illegal under the Juvenile Justice Act, as he was under 18 at the time of the offense. Furthermore, the court criticized the decision to imprison him in Cuddalore central prison instead of sending him to a reformation school due to the lack of facilities. The bench ordered the case to be transferred to a juvenile court in Mayiladudurai for a rehearing, mandating that it be resolved within six months.