BA-1188-1189-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.1188 OF 2011 Neha Ramkaran Singh ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Santacruz Police Station, Mumbai ... Respondent ALONG WITH CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.1189 OF 2011 Vandana Ishwar Singh ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Santacruz Police Station, Mumbai ... Respondent Mr. Aniket Vagal for the Applicants. Mrs. R.V. Newton, APP, for the Respondent in BA/1188/2011. Mr. J.P. Kharge, APP, for the Respondent in BA/1189/2011. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 1 ST AUGUST, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. The Applicants are girls juvenile in conflict with law. They had allegedly committed theft. The Juvenile Justice Board, after holding an inquiry, directed the Applicants to be sent to Samprekshan Vidisha Gruha (For Girls) at Vidisha, M.P. for reformation for a period of two years. The Applicants have filed Appeals against the order passed by the Juvenile Justice Board, as contemplated under Section 52 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000, and the same are pending before the Court of Sessions at BA-1188-1189-11.sxw 2 Dixit Greater Bombay. The present applications have been made for releasing the Applicants “on bail” and for handing over their custody to their respective parents. 3. After hearing Mr. Vagal, the learned Advocate for the Applicants, and after going through the annexures to the Bail Applications and, more particularly, the order passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, it appears that the Appeals need to be decided expeditiously. I am informed that the Applicants’ parents were not given any intimation about the proceedings against the Applicants by the Juvenile Justice Board. Whether any proper inquiry was made by the Board, as contemplated under Section 14 of the said Act, and whether information had been given to the parents or guardians of the Applicants would need consideration by the Appellate Court. Since the Appellate Court has already directed the Appeals to be expeditiously held, it would be proper to stipulate a time limit for the disposal of the Appeals. Mr. Vagal informs that the Appeals are being adjourned because Record and Proceedings from the Juvenile Justice Board are not yet received. I am also informed that some date in September, 2011 has been fixed for the hearing of the Appeals by the Court of Sessions. It would be necessary, in the circumstances, to give appropriate directions to all concerned. 4. The Court of Sessions shall expedite the Appeals and dispose of the same within a period of one month from the date of receipt of this order. All the points, whether the inquiry was proper and whether the order passed by the Juvenile Justice Board is proper or legal, can be raised before the Appellate Court. BA-1188-1189-11.sxw 3 Dixit 5. The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate is directed to ensure that the record and proceedings of the inquiry before the Juvenile Justice Board are produced before the Court of Sessions, if necessary, by appointing a special messenger, within three days of the receipt of this order by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate. 6. The Court of Sessions shall advance the date of hearing of the Appeals, as fixed, and take the Appeals on board on 8th August, 2011. 7. The Bail Applications are disposed of in the aforesaid terms. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]