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ITEM NO.43 COURT NO.5 SECTION II
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 21259/2025
[Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 08-09-2025 in CRLR No. 918/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad]
JUVENILE X (MINOR) Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
STATE OF U.P & ORS. Respondent(s)
Date : 23-02-2026 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. SUNDRESH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NONGMEIKAPAM KOTISWAR SINGH
For Petitioner(s) Mr. Lokesh Kumar Choudhary, AOR Mr. Dillip Kumar Nayak, Adv. Mrs. Ankur Gulyani Panda, Adv. Mr. Prabhat Chowdhary, Adv. Mr. Mayank Sharma, Adv. For Respondent(s) Ms. Ruchira Goel, AOR Ms. Ritika Rao, Adv. Mr. Sharanya, Adv.
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R
Learned Senior counsel appearing for the respondent-State
places reliance upon a decision of this Court in “Barun Chandra
Thakur Vs. Master Bholu & Anr.” as reported in (2023) 12 SCC 401,
specifically relying upon paragraph 85 thereof, and to contend
that, in any c...