IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. REV. No.432 of 2008 BARUN SINGH …..Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. RAMDEV PANDEY ……Opposite parties ----------- 2. 02.12.2008. This Cr. Revision has been preferred against the order of acquittal dated 21.1.2008 passed by Additional Sessions Judge, F.T.C.-II, Ara in Sessions Trial No. 346 of 1994 thereby the prayer of the petitioner for declaring him as a juvenile has been rejected. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and perused the impugned order. On perusal of the impugned order, it appears that only ground for rejection of the prayer of the petitioner is that the matter had been raised after eleven years at the stage of the judgment. Apparently, the ground is against the law. Section 7 A of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 casts obligation upon the court to decide the matter of juvenility of the accused even if it is raised after final disposal of the case. Under the facts and circumstances as well as in view of the aforesaid provisions of the Act, the order in question is set aside. The matter is remanded back to the court below to decide the question of juvenility of the petitioner in the light of Section 7 A of the Act. The matter must be decided within two months from the date of receipt of this order. kanchan (Ghanshyam Prasad, J.)