gurugram it was on his demand that the probe into his son pradhyumns murder was handed over to the cbi by the haryana government exactly two months after the killing when the investigation saw a stunning twist with a class 11 student being identified as the prime suspect barun thakur said he was finally happy with the investigation the 16yearold suspect he said must now be tried as an adult from day 1 i had serious doubts about bus conductor ashok kumar being the murderer the father of the murdered ryan international school student told toi on wednesday the teenager apprehended by cbi should be tried as an adult he added adding only a criminal mind could have carried out this crime barun said if the teenager is tried as a juvenile the school should also be prosecuted i dont buy this theory that he committed the murder to postpone exams he saidpradhyumns mother jyoti thakur said we were demanding a cbi probe for exactly this reason we were not satisfied with gurgaon polices probe she also said she wanted to confront the accused we dont know who this kid is perhaps pradhyumn knew him as a student of the same school i want to ask him why he killed my son she said read this story in marathicbi officers said the accused student is a little older than 16 his family and lawyer were evasive when aksed about his age experts said the juvenile justice board will decide whether hell face trial as an adult or a minor as the cbi has produced him before the juvenile court he will be treated as one till the juvenile justice board decides to treat him as an adult said advocate s s chouhan adding cbi will have to prove hes above 16 years and was capable of committing the crime on his own advocate harish malhotra said if cbi managed to prove the teenager is above 16 he will face trial as an adult a class xi student or a person above 16 years is capable of committing a heinous offence said malhotrahe added that a minor can be produced before juvenile court and later made to face trail as an adult but its very difficult to produce a teenager before an adult court and later treat him as juvenile if the teenager gets convicted as a juvenile he can be sent to a correction home for a maximum of three years said malhotra parliament passed an amendment to change the law to allow juveniles aged between 16 and 18 accused in heinous crimes to be tried as adults after national outrage over nirbhayas gangrape and murder in delhi in 2012 in which one of her attackers was a minor