Gravity of alleged crime not ground to reject bail of juvenile accused: Allahabad High Court

The Court observed that the gravity of an offence is not a ground mentioned under Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice Act, which deals with the grant of bail to children in conflict with the law.
Allahabad High Court
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The Allahabad High Court recently observed that the gravity of an alleged crime is not a ground under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act) to deny bail to a juvenile accused of committing a criminal offence [X-Juvenile v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Another].

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