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ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN
Rajni – Appellant
Versus
State of Uttar Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
UJJAL BHUYAN, J.
This order will dispose of both the criminal appeals.
2. It may be mentioned that by order dated 21.02.2023, this Court directed tagging of SLP (Crl.) D. No. 24862 of 2022 with SLP (Crl.) No. 11233 of 2022 out of which the related Criminal Appeal No. 603 of 2025 has arisen.
3. Since SLP (Criminal) D. No. 24862 of 2022 has been tagged with Criminal Appeal No. 603 of 2025, separate notice has not been issued therein as parties are the same with the issues intertwined and being represented by the same set of lawyers. Accordingly, both the matters were heard together.
4. In Criminal Appeal No. 603 of 2025, appellant is the complainant. She has challenged the order dated 13.05.2022 passed by a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Allahabad (‘High Court’ for short) dismissed Criminal Revision No. 82 of 2022. It may be mentioned that by order dated 27.08.2021 the Juvenile Justice Board, Meerut (‘JJB’ for short) dismissed Miscellaneous Case No. 55/2021 (Akki alias Anmol alias Akshansh alias Goldee Vs. State) filed by the mother on behalf of respondent No. 2 to declare him as a juvenile in conflict with law. JJB held that on the date of the incident
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