-: 1 :- SPB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 6473 OF 2005 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 6473 OF 2005 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 6473 OF 2005 IN IN IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1555 OF 2004 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1555 OF 2004 CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1555 OF 2004 Raja Vadiwel Kounder .. Applicant. Vs. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent. --- --- --- Mr. A.K. Moily for the Applicant. Mrs. V.R. Bhosale, APP for the Respondent-State. --- CORAM : F.I.REBELLO & R.S. MOHITE, JJ. CORAM : F.I.REBELLO & R.S. MOHITE, JJ. CORAM : F.I.REBELLO & R.S. MOHITE, JJ. DATED : 26th NOVEMBER, 2008. DATED : 26th NOVEMBER, 2008. DATED : 26th NOVEMBER, 2008. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. The applicant who is appellant in Criminal Appeal No.1555 of 2004 had moved this court, contending that he was a juvenile in conflict with law on the date of incident and as such be given benefit of the provisions under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act,2000. The documents submitted by the applicant have been verified by the police authorities. On behalf of the State it is submitted from the documents produced on record including the communication issued by -: 2 :- the Tahsildar, Virudhachalam, State of Tamil Nadu in which it is pointed out that the birth certificate produced by the petitioner /applicant is genuine. The date of the incident is 07.03.1998 and the date of birth of the petitioner /applicant in terms of the documents on record is 01.07.1982. 2. In the light of the above, the petitioner/ applicant on the date of the incident would be a juvenile in conflict with the law and as such entitled to the benefits under the said law. As the petitioner/ applicant has already undergone more than three years custody, we direct that the applicant be released forthwith, if not required in any other case. 3. The application is allowed and disposed of in the above terms. (F.I. REBELLO, J.) (R.S. MOHITE,J.) .....