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Oct 24 2000 (HC)

Suresh Prasad Vs. the State of Bihar and anr.

Court : Patna

..... area on the date on which this act comes into force in that area, shall be continued in that court as if this act had not been passed and if the court finds that the juvenile has committed an offence, it shall record such finding and instead of passing any sentence in respect of the juvenile, forward the juvenile to the juvenile court which shall pass orders in respect of that juvenile in accordance with the provisions of this act as if it had been satisfied on inquiry under this ..... the question raised in this miscellaneous case by the petitioner's lawyer that the sessions court was competent to try the case of the accused as there was no juvenile court, i am of the opinion that section 7 of the act has clearly laid down that when no special juvenile court is constituted as mandated under section 5 of the act, the district magistrate or, sub-divisional magistrate or metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate, 1st class shall be deemed to be the juvenile court and shall exercise the same powers ..... sessions judge was very much a sessions court as defined in the code of criminal procedure and it was further held that since under the west bengal children act, 1959, no juvenile court was constituted and when the central act came into force, the concerned accused had already become major and hence the judgment of conviction recorded by the sessions court was justified and the benefit to the juvenile under the central act was no longer .....

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Feb 28 2006 (HC)

S.D. Pawan Vs. State by Hebbagodi Police

Court : Karnataka

Reported in : 2006CriLJ2268; ILR2006KAR1570; 2006(3)KarLJ125

..... the juveniles in these two acts is to take them from the rigor of a regular trial and to try them by special forums called juvenile courts, now juvenile justice board, which provide not only the care, protection, treatment, development and rehabilitation of the children and juveniles, but also contain provisions in respect adjudication of the guilt or otherwise of such juveniles. ..... 3scr562 the hon'ble supreme court has observed that the trial of the children must take place in juvenile courts and not in regular criminal courts. ..... girji, learned high court government pleader is that since the juvenile justice act, 1986 was in force prior to 5.4.01 and also on the date of the offence, the revision petitioner not being a juvenile as per the law then in force, the question of considering his prosecution under the juvenile justice (care and protection of children) act, 2000 does ..... petition has been filed claiming that since on the date of the alleged offence, he was aged only 16 years 5 months and was a juvenile in conflict with law under the juvenile justice (care and protection of children), act, 2000, charged sheet could not have been placed against him along with other accused before a criminal court.3. ..... the learned trial judge, by order dated 02.02.2006 has held that since the revision petitioner was not a juvenile on the date of the offence as per the provisions of 1986 act, which was in force at the time of the incident, there was no bar to try this petitioner in a sessions court. .....

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Feb 02 2005 (SC)

Pratap Singh Vs. State of Jharkhand and anr.

Court : Supreme Court of India

Reported in : AIR2005SC2731; 2005(1)BLJR434; 2005CriLJ3091; [2005(3)JCR244(SC)]; JT2005(2)SC271; 2005(II)OLR(SC)191; RLW2005(2)SC261; (2005)3SCC551; 2005(1)LC587(SC)

..... on which this act comes into force in that area, shall be continued in that court as if this act had not been passed and if the court finds that the juvenile has committed an offence, it shall record such finding and instead of passing any sentence in respect of the juvenile, forward the juvenile to the juvenile court which shall pass orders in respect of that juvenile in accordance with the provisions of this act as if it had been satisfied on ..... (1) when any person accused of a bailable or non-bailable offence and apparently a juvenile is arrested or detained or appears or is brought before a juvenile court, such person shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or in any other law for the time being in force, be released on bail with or without surety but he ..... appeal on 19.2.2001 holding that the juvenile court had erred in not taking note of the fact that the date of production before the juvenile court was the date relevant for deciding whether the appellant was juvenile or not for the purpose of trial and directed a fresh inquiry to assess the age of the appellant aggrieved thereby the appellant moved the high court by tiling criminal revision petition. ..... (3) when such person is not released on bail under sub-section (1) by the juvenile court it shall, instead of committing him to prison, make an order sending him to an observation home or a place of safety for such period during the pendency of the inquiry regarding him as .....

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May 25 1995 (HC)

Mata Alias Manohar Singh Vs. State of Rajasthan

Court : Rajasthan

Reported in : 1996CriLJ743; 1995(2)WLC699

..... to a special home -a) in the case of a boy over fourteen years of age or of a girl over sixteen years of age, for a period of not less than three years;b) in the case of any other juvenile, for the period until he ceases to be a juvenile;provided that the juvenile court may, if it is satisfied that having regard to the nature of the offence and the circumstances of the case it is expedient so to do, for reasons to be recorded, reduce the period of stay to such period as it thinks fit;provided ..... following orders which could be passed by the juvenile court if it so thinks fit:i) to allow the juvenile to go home after advice or admonition;ii) to direct the juvenile to be released on probation of good conduct and placed under the care of any parent, guardian or other fit person, on such parent, guardian or other fit person executing a bond, with or without surety as that court may require, for the good behaviour and well being of the juvenile for any period not exceeding three years ..... further that the juvenile court may, for reasons to be recorded, extend that period of such stay, but in no case the period of stay shall extend beyond the time when the juvenile attains the age of eighteen years, in the case of a girl;v) to order the juvenile to pay a fine if he is over fourteen years of age and earns money. .....

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Apr 18 1994 (HC)

Ramachandran Vs. the Inspector of Police, H. 3 Police Station, Madras ...

Court : Chennai

Reported in : 1994CriLJ3722

..... to a special home, - (i) in the case of a boy over fourteen years of age or of a girl over sixteen years of age, for a period of not less than three years; (ii) in the case of any other juvenile, for the period until he ceases to be a juvenile : provided that the juvenile court may, if it is satisfied that having regard to the nature of the offence and the circumstances of the case it is expedient so to do, for reasons to be recorded, reduce the period of stay to such period as it thinks fit; provided ..... being in force, but save as otherwise expressly provided in the act have power to deal exclusively with all proceedings under the act relating to neglected juveniles or delinquent juveniles, as the case may be and where no board of juvenile court has been constituted for any area, the powers conferred on the board or the juvenile court by or under the act shall be exercised in that area, only by (a) the district magistrate, or (b) the sub-divisional magistrate, or (c) any metropolitan magistrate or judicial magistrate ..... is of so serious a nature or that the conduct and behaviour have been such that it would not be in his interest or in the interest of other juveniles in a special home to send him to such special home and that none of the other measures provided under the act is suitable or sufficient, the juvenile court, may order the delinquent juvenile to be kept in safe custody in such place and manner as it thinks fit and shall report the case for the orders of the .....

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Jul 11 2000 (HC)

Gopal Nag and anr. Vs. State of Bihar

Court : Patna

..... any area on the date on which this act comes into force in that area, shall be continued in that court as if this act had not been passed and if the court finds that the juvenile has committed an offence, it shall record such finding and instead of passing any sentence in respect of the juvenile, forward the juvenile to juvenile court which shall pass orders in respect of the juvenile in accordance with the provisions of this act as if it had been satisfied on inquiry under this ..... area on the date on which this act comes into force in that area, shall be continued in that court as if this act had not been passed and if the court finds that the juvenile has committed an offence, it shall record such finding and instead of passing any sentence in respect of the juvenile, forward the juvenile to the juvenile court which shall pass orders in respect of that juvenile in accordance with the provisions of this act as if it had been satisfied on inquiry under this ..... this act comes into force in that area, shall be continued in that cost as if this act had not been passed and if the court finds that the juvenile has committed an offence, it shall record such finding and instead of passing any sentence in respect of the juvenile, forward the juvenile to the juvenile court which shall pass orders in respect of the juvenile in accordance with the provisions of this act as if it had been satisfied on inquiry under this act that the .....

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Apr 13 1989 (HC)

Miss Sarita Narayan Sawant and Another Vs. State and Others

Court : Mumbai

Reported in : (1989)91BOMLR692; 1990CriLJ351; 1989MhLJ604

..... to a special home :(i) in the case of a boy over fourteen years of age or of a girl over sixteen years of age, for a period of not less than three years;(ii) in the case of any other juvenile, for the period until he ceases to be a juvenile;provided that the juvenile court may if it is satisfied that having regard to the nature of the offence and the circumstances of the case it is expedient so to do, for reasons to be recorded, reduce the period of stay to such period as it thinks fit; provided ..... contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force the juvenile court to make any of the orders as follows :'21(1) where a juvenile court is satisfied on inquiry that a juvenile, has committed an offence, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, the juvenile court may, if it so thinks fit :(a) allow the juvenile to go home after advice or admonition;(b) direct the juvenile to be released on probation of good conduct and placed under the care of any parent .....

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Oct 07 1994 (HC)

Bandela Ailaiah Vs. State of Andhra Pradesh Through Public Prosecutor

Court : Andhra Pradesh

Reported in : 1994(2)ALT519; 1994(2)AnWR551

..... i) in the case of boy over fourteen years of age or of a girl over sixteen years of age, for a period of not less than three years; (ii) in the case of any other juvenile for the period until he ceases to be juvenile : provided that the juvenile court may, if it is satisfied that having regard to the nature of the offence and the circumstances of the case it is expedient so to do, for reasons to be recorded, reduce the period of stay ..... the facts and circumstances in which the offence was said to have been committed and established against him, an inquiry should be conducted by the juvenile court to pass suitable orders under the provisions of the act for his care, protection and correctional measure, within the true letter and spirit of the intention of the act. ..... the proceedings against the appellant including the order of conviction and sentences passed against him and send back him before the juvenile court constituted order section 5 of the act or before the court which can exercise the powers of the juvenile court under section 7 of the act, so that he may be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the act ..... has raised a serious contention whether there were any proceedings under the act to be exclusively dealt with by the juvenile court as laid down in section 7(1) of the act as the case against the appellant and other accused was committed to the court of sessions under section 209 of cr pc after taking cognizance of the offences and, therefore, the learned sessions .....

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Sep 05 2000 (HC)

TajuddIn S/O Mohd. Yunus Vs. State of U.P.

Court : Allahabad

Reported in : 2001CriLJ350

..... it is true that in the instant case there is no mention of the criminal or criminals in whose association or contact the applicant may come if he is released on bail, but the juvenile court as well as the appellate court had also held that the release of applicant on bail would expose him to moral danger and would also defeat the ends of justice. ..... (1) when any person accused of a bailable or nonbailable offence and apparently a juvenile is arrested or detained or appears or is brought before a juvenile court, such person shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the code of criminal procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), or in any other law for the time being in force, be released on bail with or without surety but he shall not be so released if there ..... (3) when such person is not released on bail under sub-section (1) by the juvenile court it shall, instead of committing him to prison, make an order sending him to an observation home or a place of safety for such period during the pendency of the inquiry regarding him as may be specified in the order.9 ..... the revision has no force and is, accordingly, dismissed and the juvenile court is directed to follow the procedure given in sub-section (3) of section 18 of juvenile justice act, 1986. ..... -section (1) by the officer-in-charge of the police station, such officer shall cause him to be kept in an observation home or a place of safety in the prescribed manner (but not in a police station or jail) until he can be brought before a juvenile court. .....

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Sep 02 1994 (HC)

Gangadhar Patra Vs. State

Court : Orissa

Reported in : 1995(I)OLR230

..... pass orders in respect of that juvenile in accordance with the provisions of the act as if it had been satisfied on inquiry under ..... mean courts other than the juvenile courts; otherwise the very purpose of saying that proceedings in respect of a juvenile pending in any court shall be continued, shall be frustrated.section 26 provides that in all pending cases it shall be continued in the court it is pending as if that act had not been passed, and it the court finds that the juvenile has committed an hence, it small record such finding and instead of passing any sentence in respect of the juvenile, forward the juvenile to the juvenile court which shall ..... in respect of a juvenile pending in any court in any area on the date on which this act comes into force in that area, shall be continued in that court as if this act had not been passed and if the court finds that the juvenile has committed an offence, it shall record such finding and instead of passing any sentence in respect of the juvenile, forward the juvenile to the juvenile court which shall pass orders in respect of that juvenile in accordance with the provisions .....

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