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VIKRAM NATH, SANDEEP MEHTA
Lokesh Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Leave granted.
2. The present appeal arises out of the final order dated 27.08.2024 (the “Impugned Order”) passed by the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur (the “High Court”) in WPCR No. 313 of 2024, whereby the High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by the Appellant on the ground that an alternative remedy was available under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015[JJ Act, 2015]. Aggrieved by the Impugned Order, the Appellant has approached this Court seeking redress.
3. The relevant facts, in brief, are that on 10.11.2021, the Appellant was convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board [The Board] in Criminal Case No. 203 of 2021 for offences under Sections 294, 506, and 323 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860[IPC]. It was alleged that the petitioner along with some other persons had misbehaved, abused and beaten one person. The conviction was based on the Appellant’s confession and consequently, the Board sentenced him to sit before the Board till the rising of the Board that day and imposed a fine of Rs. 600/- (Rupees Six Hundred).
4. Sometime in 2024, the Appellant applied for recruitment at SIS Case Services Ltd., Raipur. As
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