Shyam Babu @ Anurag Prajapati v. State of U.P. and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Shyam Babu @ Anurag Prajapati v. State of U.P. — Criminal Appeal No. 2599 of 2020, decided 4.11.2020 by Rahul Chaturvedi, J. Maintainability of a criminal appeal seeking bail during trial of a juvenile; Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 2015 as a comprehensive and specific code prevailing over the general procedure; case crime no. 344 of 2019, Sections 363, 366, 376, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S. Tharwai, District Allahabad; reliance on Radhika (Juvenile) v. State of U.P., 2019(3) Crimes(HC) 311; appeal dismissed as not maintainable with liberty to approach the proper forum; direction against unnecessary adjournments.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the applicant to approach the proper forum as per the ratio laid down in Radhika (Supra); the competent court to adhere to the observations in that judgment and decide without granting unnecessary adjournments to either of the parties.