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Jeetu @ Jitendra (Minor) v. State of Up and Another

Allahabad HC15 Sept 2021CRLR/1833/2021

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What is this about?

In a criminal revision under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 2000, the High Court quashed the detention and trial of a minor revisionist in a correctional home, holding that stricter proceedings would be detrimental to his welfare and that the lower courts failed to correctly interpret the statute.

What did the court decide?

The order directing the detention of the revisionist for re-integration in a correctional home was set aside, and he was released from that detention.

Jeetu @ Jitendra (Minor) Vs State of Up and… — Criminal Trial and Appeal | Allahabad HC (2021)

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Court No. - 85

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Case :- CRIMINAL REVISION No. - 1833 of 2021

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Revisionist :- Jeetu @ Jitendra (Minor) Opposite Party :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Revisionist :- Tripurari Pal Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A.

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Hon'ble Gautam Chowdhary,J.

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Jeetu @ Jitendra (Minor) v. State of Up and Another

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Jeetu @ Jitendra (Minor) v. State of Up and Another

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