BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J, J.

( 1 ) THIS revision petition is directed against the order dated 03. 03. 2006 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court, Rohini, Delhi. By virtue of the said order, bail had been refused to the juvenile, Master Niku chaubey on the ground that the release of the juvenile on bail is likely to bring him into association of bad company and expose him to moral and psychological danger.

( 2 ) IT is well-settled that in the case of a juvenile, in terms of Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act ), it is mandatory for the court to grant bail to such juvenile notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of criminal Procedure, 1973 or any other law for the time being in force. However, he shall not be so released if there appears to be a reasonable ground for believing that the release is likely to bring him in the association of any known criminal or expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger or that his release would defeat the ends of justice.

( 3 ) AN examination of the Social Investigation Report shows that the juvenile in question belongs to a religious

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