IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.829 of 2009 Rajnath Mahto alias Rajnath Singh Son of Mahabir Mahto alias Mahabir Singh, Resident of Village- Akhtiyarpur, P.S. Paliganj, District-Patna ----- Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Department of Home, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Secretary, Law Department, Bihar, Patna. 5. The Inspector General (Prison), Bihar, Patna. 6. The Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Bihar, Patna, Patna. ------------ 2. 26.10.2009 Heard Mr. Ramesh Singh for the petitioner, and Mr. Md. Raisul Haque, learned Government Pleader No.5. The stamp report is to the effect that this writ petition is not maintainable in this Court. It appears that the petitioner was convicted under section 302 read with section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, by judgment dated 12.10.1985, passed by the learned 6th Additional Sessions Judge, Patna, in S. Tr. No. 387/7 of 1983/84. The petitioner’s appeal in this Court was dismissed by the judgment dated 25.6.1998, passed in Cr. Appeal No.370 of 1985(D.B.). The petitioner has not stated in this writ petition whether or not he had preferred appeal to the Supreme Court. He seeks application of the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, to the facts and circumstances of the present case. We regret to accede to the submission because the Act has been enforced much after the date of occurrence. The 2 appeal(s) preferred by the petitioner has/have dismissed much before the Act has been enforced, and the matter has been finally closed. There is no merit in this writ petition. It is accordingly dismissed. Vinay/ ( S. K. Katriar ,J. ) (Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)