ATUL LAKRA vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 30.10.2025 CRL.REV.P. 484/2024 & CRL.M.A. 20096/2024, CRL.M.A. 22133/2024, CRL.M.A. 10993/2024 ATUL LAKRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Satyam Thareja (DHCLSC) with Mr. Shaurya Katoch and Mr. Shikhar Yadav, Advocates versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Aashneet Singh, APP for the State with ASI Vikram Singh P.S. Karawal Nagar CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (Oral) 1. By way of the present petition under Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 [hereafter „JJ Act‟], the petitioner seeks setting aside of the judgment dated 16.08.2023, passed in Criminal Appeal No. 17/2023 titled „Atma Ram v. State‟ by learned Additional Sessions Judge-02, North- East District, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi [hereafter „Sessions 2. It is the petitioner‟s case, as also recorded by this Court in order dated 30.07.2024, that Section 101(1) of the JJ Act provides that any person aggrieved by an order made by the Committee or the Board under the JJ Act may prefer an appeal before the Children‟s Court. Further, Section 2(20) of