Neeraj @ Anuj Tiwari Thru. Father Tribhuwan Nath Tiwari v. State of U.P. and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Juvenile bail revision; Section 102 JJ Act 2015; revision dismissed as infructuous; Juvenile Justice Board Pratapgarh order 08.01.2019 (Bail Application 11/2018); Special Judge POCSO Pratapgarh order 30.01.2019 (Criminal Appeal 7/2019); Case Crime 367/2018, Sections 363, 366 IPC and 7/8 POCSO, PS Lalganj, District Pratapgarh; underlying case concluded 18.02.2021 with fine crediting observation-home period per Magistrate report 03.09.2025; bail merits not adjudicated; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench, Saurabh Lavania J., 04.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Taking note of the Magistrate's report dated 03.09.2025, according to which the underlying case had already been concluded on 18.02.2021 by imposition of fine with the period spent by the juvenile in the observation home taken into account, this Court held that the revision seeking enlargement of the revisionist on bail had become infructuous and dismissed it as such; the merits of the bail question were not adjudicated.