IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 23.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on : 17.04.2026 + CRL.REV.P. 564/2023 & CRL.M.A. 13482/2023 MASTER M .....Petitioner versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case:

For the Applicant :Mr. Hrishikesh Baruah, Mr. Kumar Kshitij, Ms. Pragya Agarwal, Mr. Utkarsh Dwivedi, Ms. Nishtha Sacha & Mr. Yashashwy Ghosh, Advs.

For the Respondent : Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State.

SI Prabash, PS- DIV/ North Mr. Shri Singh & Ms. Arunima Nair, Advs.

for victim. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN

J U D G M E N T

1. The present criminal revision petition has been filed under Section 102 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (‘JJ Act’), assailing the order dated 18.03.2023, passed by the learned Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board-III, Delhi, whereby the Board proceeded to frame notice/charges against the Petitioner/Master M, a Child in Conflict with Law (‘CCL’), for the offence punishable under Section 304 Part-II of the Indian Penal Code, 1960 (‘IPC’), along with offences punishable under Sections 3, 4 read with Section 181 and Sections 134 and 187 under th