ORDER :

1. What is the scope and applicability of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Acts of 2000 and 2015, in revision, upon the conviction and sentence of a 49 year old person in respect of an offence committed by him in the year 1991, at the age of 17 years, when the Juvenile Justice Act, 1986 was in force? This exactly is the riddle to be resolved in this revision proceedings.

2. Desirous of getting a job at Saudi Arabia, Master Abdul Majeed, aged 17 years, manipulated the certified copy of the relevant page of his admission register, issued from the school, to make it appear that his date of birth is 05.04.1970 instead of 05.04.1974, since the emigration rules of Saudi Arabia permitted employment of persons aged 21 years and above only at that time. Making use of the above manipulated document, he applied for passport on 24.07.1991, resulting in the consequence of getting entangled by the long arms of law. On the basis of a complaint preferred by the Passport Officer concerned on 03.06.1993, the criminal law was set in motion by the Police; and the above adolescent who is now the revision petitioner herein, along with another person who helped him in processing t