(1.) THIS revision has been preferred against the orders dated 29.4.1997 and 9.5.1997 passed by the Ilnd Additional Sessions Judge, Basti, in S. T. No. 111 of 94.
(2.) SRI A. K. Upadhya, appearing for the revisionist has submitted that under the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, a juvenile cannot be tried by a Court of Session. An application for determination of the age of the accused-revisionist was filed before the trial Judge contending that age of the revisionist was below 16 years on the date of the occurrence. He has referred the impugned order and submitted that the process of determination of the age as done by the trial Judge was not proper and against the principle laid down in the case of Jaya Mala v. Home Secretary, Government of Jammu and Kashmir and others. AIR 1982 SC 1297. At page 9 of the said decision, it has been held :
(3.) THE revision is, therefore, dismissed.