Juvenile, Delinquent X Thru. His Natural Guardian / Mother v. State of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home, Lko and and Another
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench; Criminal Revision No. 1436 of 2025 (CRLR); order dated 23.02.2026 by Saurabh Lavania, J.; revisionist: juvenile delinquent thru. natural guardian/mother; impleadment of victim as opposite party no. 3 permitted; notice to opposite party no. 3, steps within seven working days; SHO Police Station Kadipur, District Sultanpur to inform opposite party no. 3; learned AGA to communicate order and file affidavit with proof of information; office report dated 20.02.2026 - service on opposite party no. 2 sufficient; listing 27.03.2026; no adjournment for absence of private opposite party nos. 2 and 3; matter to be decided finally on merits subject to sufficient service; interim/procedural order only, no merits decided.
What did the court decide?
Interim procedural order: permission granted to implead the victim of the case as opposite party no. 3; notice ordered to the private opposite party no. 3 with steps within seven working days; SHO, Police Station-Kadipur (District-Sultanpur) to inform opposite party no. 3 of the date fixed and learned AGA to communicate the order to the SHO forthwith; learned AGA to file an affidavit annexing proof of such information at the next listing; case listed for 27.03.2026 with the stipulation that absence of private opposite party nos. 2 and 3 would not cause adjournment and, subject to sufficient service on opposite party no. 3, the matter would be heard and decided finally on merits. The revision application itself remains pending and was not decided on merits.