Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Juvenile court convicts two for 2016 stabbing murder in Surat
Many years ago, in a city called Surat, a young man named Babu got into a small argument with four teenagers.
The argument happened at a place called Sant Tukaram Society.
Later that same day, the teenagers hurt Babu with a knife.
Sadly, Babu died because of his chest injury.
Babu's father, Rajpal, tried to help his son and was also hurt.
All four teenagers were arrested for the murder.
Since they were all under 18 at the time, a special children's court heard the case.
The court found two of them guilty and sent them to a special home for three years.
The other two teenagers were allowed to go free.
Still, the court called them 'criminals.'
A Surat juvenile court convicted two men for the 2016 fatal stabbing of 18-year-old Babu Nagarkar.
The two convicted accused were sentenced to three years in an observation home.
Two co-accused, arrested for the same murder, were acquitted but termed 'criminals' by the court.
All four accused were juveniles at the time of the killing.
Nagarkar's father Rajpal was also injured when he intervened in the altercation at Sant Tukaram Society in Adajan.
- Who
- 18-year-old Babu Nagarkar of Adajan, Surat, was killed; two men were convicted by the Juvenile Justice Court of Principal Magistrate K. V. Pathak.
- What
- Two men were sentenced to three years in an observation home for the 2016 fatal stabbing of Nagarkar, while two co-accused were acquitted but termed 'criminals'.
- When
- The attack took place on June 5, 2016, with the conviction announced about ten years later.
- Where
- Sant Tukaram Society, Adajan area, Surat.
- Why
- The killing followed a petty dispute between Nagarkar and the four youths.
- Victim
- Babu Nagarkar, 18, resident of Adajan, Surat
- Incident date
- June 5, 2016
- Incident location
- Sant Tukaram Society, Adajan, Surat
- Convicted
- Two men (juveniles at the time of the crime)
- Sentence
- Three years in an observation home
- Acquitted
- Two co-accused, termed 'criminals' by the court
- Court
- Juvenile Justice Court, Principal Magistrate K. V. Pathak
- Also injured
- Rajpal Nagarkar, victim's father, while intervening