IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. REV. No.504 of 2011 SUJEET KUMAR, SON OF SRI SURYADEO SINGH, RESIDENT OF BHOOTNATH ROAD, P.S. AGAMKUAN, DISTRICT PATNA UNDER THE GUARDIANSHIP OF HIS FATHER SURYADEO SINGH, SON OF LATE RAM LAGAN SINGH, BHOOTNATH ROAD, P.S. AGAMKUAN, DISTRICT-PATNA. …..Petitioner. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR …..Opposite Party. For the Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, Advoacate For the State : APP. ----------- 02/ 07.06.2011 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the State. Sujeet Kumar is aggrieved from the judgment in Criminal Appeal No. 56 of 2011 dated 24th of March, 2011 whereby he was refused bail, despite the fact that he was declared juvenile by the Board vide Annexure-2 on 22.01.2011. It has been submitted that this petitioner was allegedly seen escaping away with other accused persons after the occurrence. When the petitioner was taken into custody, then he took plea that he is a juvenile and entitled to be released on bail in terms of the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, 2000. The matter was looked into and after enquiry, the Juvenile Justice Board, Patna City found that the petitioner was 2 juvenile and so, under the provision of the Section 49 of the Juvenile Justice Act reade with Section 12 (3) of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of children) rules 2007, he was declared juvenile. In view of the provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act, a person who has been declared juvenile is entitled to be released on bail in normal circumstances and bail can only be refused if there appears reasonable ground for believing that the release is likely to bring him into association with any known criminal or expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger or that his release would defeat the ends of justice. Further submission is that there was no such material before the court and mechanically the order of refusing bail has been passed. I have heard the submissions, there is mandatory provision that a juvenile has to be released on bail. The grant of bail is rule and rejection has been made as exception and rejection can be only made on grounds which are mentioned in Juvenile Justice Act. None of the grounds for rejection of the bail of a 3 juvenile in conflict with law is available on the record. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, let the above named petitioner be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 10,000/- (Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Sessions Judge, Patna in Cr. Appeal No. 56 of 2011/Juvenile Justice Board Case No. 5 of 2011, arising out of Bahadurpur P.S. Case No. 76 of 2010 on the condition that father of the petitioner who has sworn the affidavit would be one of the bailor. The Revision Application is thus allowed. kksinha/- ( Shyam Kishore Sharma, J.)