MUSEY ALIAS AJAY KUMAR YADAV Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) VIRENDRA Saran, J. Musey alias Ajay Kumar Yadav has preferred this revision against the judgment and order dated 31-7-97 of Sri N. K. Mehrotra Sessions Judge, Faizabad dismissing the appeal against the order dated 3-5-1997 of the Principal Magistrate Juvenile Court, Faizabad reject ing the Bail application of the applicant.

(2.) THE applicant is involved in case Crime No. 55/97, under Section 376/354/506 I. P. C. of P. S. Khandasa, Faizabad.

(3.) UNDER Section 18 of the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 a Juvenile offender may not be released on bail if there appear reasonable grounds for believing that the release is likely to bring him into association with any known criminal or expose him to moral danger or that his release would defeat the ends of justice. The courts below have not recorded their satisfaction regard ing the existence of the above circumstan ces. While rejecting bail accordingly, the refusal of bail was not in accordance with law.