Md. Sonu Khan @ Sonu Khan v. the State of Bihar
Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act – Section 101(5) – Maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, CR. REV. No.712 of 2025, order dated 09-02-2026 by Arun Kumar Jha, J. Md. Sonu Khan challenged the order dated 01.05.2025 of the Children Court, Saharsa in Children Case No. 06 of 2024 (arising out of Saharsa P.S. Case No. 730 of 2022) by criminal revision. Held: against a Children Court order, an appeal under Section 101(5) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act is maintainable, not a revision petition; petitioner directed to convert the revision into an appeal within a week, with Office cooperation and immediate listing after conversion before the appropriate Bench. Keywords: maintainability, Children Court, Juvenile Justice Act, Section 101(5), conversion of revision into appeal.
What did the court decide?
Criminal revision disposed of as not maintainable, with liberty/direction to convert the petition into an appeal under Section 101(5) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act within a week; Office to extend cooperation towards conversion and list the matter immediately after conversion before the appropriate Bench.