Noor Zafar @ Noor Zaffar v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, Criminal Revision No.91 of 2024, decided 03-04-2025 (Bibek Chaudhuri, J.): application under Section 102 of the JJ (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 against the Special Judge (Children Court)'s order of 19.09.2023 rejecting bail of a child in conflict with law accused of forcibly taking away a minor girl at night and committing penetrative sexual assault (Mahila P.S. Case No.11/2023, Araria). Court declined to invoke Section 12 JJ Act given the nature of the allegation, found the bail-rejection order free of illegality/irregularity, noted trial ongoing and CICL in Observation Home since 17.06.2023, and ordered trial completion preferably within 6 months; revision disposed of. Keywords: CICL bail, S.12 JJ Act, SIR, Jurisdictional Probation Officer, Observation Home, expedite trial.
What did the court decide?
No bail or other relief to the petitioner; the criminal revision is disposed of with a direction to conclude the pending trial expeditiously, preferably within 6 months from communication of the order.