CCL K vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 11th December 2024 Pronounced on: 3rd March 2025 + CRL.REV.P. 436/2022 CCL ‘K’ ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashim Sood, Mr. Ashish Kumar, Ms. Prateek Kundu, Ms. Yamina Rizvi, Ms. Ragini Nagpal, Ms. Isha Khurana, Mr. Ashish Panday, Ekansh Gupta, Mr. Ankur Singhal, Mr. Subramaniam, Advocates. versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .... Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for State with Insp. Narender, SI Pankaj Yadav, PS: Nangloi CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL JUDGMENT INDEX I. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THIS COURT ..................................................2 II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND ......................................................................3 III. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER ....................................5 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:MANISH KUMAR CRL.REV.P. 436/2022 1/46 Signing Date:03.03.2025 15:44:45 IV. SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF STATE .............................................. 14 V. ANALYSIS................................................................................................ 16 A. RELEVANT STATUTORY PROVISIONS .................................................... 17 B. PROCEDURE UNDER JJ ACT, 2015 ............................................................. 22 C. DEFINITION OF ‘CHILD’ ............................................................................. 26 D. JUDICIAL PRECEDENTS CITED: RELEVANT EXTRACTS ..................... 28 E. SECTION 23 OF JJ ACT: A DISSECTION .................................................... 35 F. ‘AS AN ADULT’ v ‘WITH AN ADULT’ ......................................................... 40 VI. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................ 45 ANISH DAYAL, J. I. Proceedin