1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE Criminal Application No.667 of 2008 IN Criminal Appeal No.560 of 2008 Nawab Ali Dinhulhasan Sawant .. .. Applicant (Orig.Accused No.3) v/s. The State of Maharashtra. .. .. Respondent (Orig. Complainant) Mr.Uday Warunjikar for Applicant. Mrs.M.M. Deshmukh, APP for State. ---- CORAM : B.H. MARLAPALLE & SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, JJ. Dated : 11th August, 2009 P.C. : 1.This is an Application praying for release on bail during the pendency of Criminal Appeal No.560 of 2008. 2.On 6.4.2009, this Court passed a detailed order and directed the Principal Judge of the Sessions Court to assign the inquiry as to whether the Applicant was a juvenile in conflict with law as provided under Section 2(l) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (for short, the said Act ) on the date of the offence. The inquiry came to be assigned to the Additional Sessions Judge, who has submitted his Report dated 22 nd June 2009 and recorded a finding that 2 accused No.3 was a Juvenile in conflict with law as provided under Section 2(l) of the said Act when the offence took place. 3.We have perused the provisions of Sections 6(2), 7A, 15(1)(g) and Section 16 of the said Act. 4.A copy of the findings recorded by the learned Additional Sessions Judge has been supplied to the learned APP and she seeks time to advance her arguments in Criminal Appeal No.560 of 2008 for its disposal or otherwise. In the meanwhile, as the Applicant is held to be a juvenile as on the date of the offence and he has already been in jail for the last six years, this Application is required to be allowed. 5.Hence, the Applicant is directed to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.5,000/- with one solvent surety in the like amount forthwith, unless he is required in any other criminal case after he attained majority. 6.The Application is allowed accordingly. [SMT.ROSHAN DALVI, J.] [B.H. MARLAPALLE, J.]