JUDGMENT

S.C. Agarwal, J.— Heard learned counsel for the revisionist and learned AGA for the State.

2. This criminal revision under section 53 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (here-in-after referred to as the ‘Act’) is directed against order dated W03.2013 passed by Addl. Sessions Judge, Court No.7, Kaushambi, whereby the application 30 Ga for declaring the revisionist to be a juvenile was rejected.

3. The revisionist is an accused in S.T.NoA43 of 2009. State v. Neelu Chaurasia arising out of crime No.43 of 2006 under section 354 IPC and 3(1) (x) S.C./S.T. Act, P.S. Kokhraj, District Kaushambi. An application under Section 7A of the Act was moved on behalf of the revisionist claiming that his date of birth, as per the high school marks-sheet, was 5.1.1989. The incident took place on 23.2.2006 and, therefore, the revisionist Neelu Chaurasia @ Arvind Kumar Chaurasia was a juvenile on the date of incident. The application was supported by an affidavit and marks-sheet dated 15.6.2005 issued by Pandit Jagdish Narayan Mishra Ucchatar Madhyarnik Vidyalaya, Pandey Mau, Bharwari, Kaushambi. The revisionist was also subjected to medical examination and as