JUDGMENT :

S.K. Sahoo, J.

Heard Mr. D. Mitra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Deepak Kumar, learned counsel for the State.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner files the H.S.C. pass certificate as well as college identity card of the petitioner which are taken on record.

3. The petitioner Sumanta Bindhani is detained in the observation home since 05.07.2016 in connection with P.R. No.58 of 2016-17 dated 05.07.2016 of E.I. and E.B., Unit-II, Cuttack which is now subjudiced before the learned C.J.M -cum-Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board, Cuttack in JJC No.42 of 2016 in which final P.R. has been submitted under section 20(b)(ii)(c) of the N.D.P.S. Act.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the petitioner was prosecuting his studies in Panchayat Junior College, Phiringia, Kandhamal in +2 Arts when he was falsely implicated in connection with this case.

5. It is contended that though initially the petitioner was produced before the learned Sessions Judge -cum-Special Judge, Cuttack but after conducting the inquiry, the petitioner was found to be child in conflict with law and accordingly, the case records were sent to the C.J.M -cum-Principal Magistrate,