ORDER:— These three writ petition come before us on notice to the State of Uttar Pradesh. They seek relief in respect of certain juvenile undertrial prisoners in the Kanpur Central Jail. The allegations in respect of these juvenile undertrial prisoners are that though there is a Childrens Home in Kanpur, these juvenile undertrial prisoners who are, according to the allegations in the writ petitions, more than 100 in number are lodged in the Kanpur Central Jail instead of being sent to the Childrens Home and they pre being sexually exploited by the adult prisoners. These allegations are based on a news report published in the issue of the Indian Express dated 2nd December, 1981 where a reference is made to a visit of Shri Madhu Mehta of the Hindustani Andolan to the Kanpur Central Jail incognito. Shri Madhu Mehta, according to this news report, found that "young boys of 10 to 14 years" were being "supplied to convicts for their delectation" and a boy named Munna whom he met, was in agony because "after the way he was used, he was unable to sit". When these three writ petitions based on the news report came up for admission, it was not possible to state whether these allegations cont