JUDGMENT :

VIKRAM NATH, J.

Delay condoned.

2. Leave granted.

3. This Court is called upon to examine the proceedings arising out of preliminary assessment made under section 15 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015¹[The Act, 2015.]. In consonance with the provisions of section 74 of the Act, 2015 following the orders passed by the Courts below, we have used the name ‘Bholu’ for the accused and ‘Prince’ for the victim.

4. These two appeals, one filed by the complainant and other by the CBI, question the correctness of the judgment and order dated 11.10.2018 passed by learned single Judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh in Criminal Revision No.2366 of 2018, titled Bholu versus CBI, whereby the revision was allowed; the order dated 20.12.2017 passed by the Juvenile Justice Board²[‘Board’ for short], Gurugram and the order dated 21.05.2018 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge/Children’s Court were set aside and the matter was remanded to the Board for fresh consideration within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of certified co