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As per Section 27 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, any offence not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, committed by a person who is under the age of sixteen years at the time of appearing before the court, may be tried by the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate, or by any Court specially empowered under the Children Act, 1960. Therefore, in the given case, since the accused is under the age of sixteen years and the offence is not punishable with death or imprisonment for life, the case may be tried by the Court of a Chief Judicial Magistrate or any court specially empowered under the Children Act, 1960.
Yes, the court can order imprisonment in default of payment of fine as per the law. The term of imprisonment should not be in excess of the powers of the Magistrate under section 29 of the IPC and should not exceed one-fourth of the term of imprisonment which the Magistrate is competent to inflict as punishment for the offence otherwise than as imprisonment in default of payment of the fine.
The judge can pass consecutive sentences for both offences, subject to the provisions of section 71 of the Indian Penal Code. The maximum punishment that can be awarded is 14 years of imprisonment, as per section 31(2)(a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The aggregate punishment cannot exceed twice the amount of punishment which the Court is competent to inflict for a single offence, as per section 31(2)(b)