THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE N.RAVI SHANKAR Criminal Petition No.4503 of 2011 ORDER: Heard Sri Ravi Kondaveeti, learned counsel for the petitioners and the Public Prosecutor. Petitioners are stated to be A-2 and A-3 in C.C.No.83 of 2011 on the file of the Additional Judicial First Class Magistrate, Avanigadda. In the charge sheet of the said case the ages of the two petitioners herein are shown as 21 years and 19 years respectively. Their plea however in this petition is that they are aged 16 years and 15 years respectively and are therefore juveniles and they cannot be jointly tried along with first accused in the case. In the enquiry here the learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that the petitioners herein have not filed any petition or nobody filed any petition on their behalf in the trial Court pleading that they are juveniles and their case should be dealt with separately. It may be noted that if such a petition is filed, it is the duty of the trial Court before which the case is pending to make an enquiry into the question whether such petitioners are juveniles and take appropriate decision. In these circumstances, the petitioners are directed to file their applications before the trial Court regarding their plea that they are juveniles. The petitioners’ counsel says that the trial Court is now going ahead with the trial. Hence, proceedings before the trial Court shall be stayed for a period of three weeks from today and in the meanwhile, the petitioners shall file their applications before the trial Court and the same shall be disposed of in accordance with law. This petition is accordingly disposed of at the admission stage. ___________________ N.RAVI SHANKAR, J. 22nd June 2011, Note: Issue C.C.within two days. B/o. Rns