Appearance:

Shri Anil Khare, Senior Advocate with Shri A.J. Mathew,

Advocate appears as Amicus Curiae.

Shri Deepesh Joshi, Special Public Prosecutor for

National Investigation Agency.

Reserved on: 01.04.2025

Pronounced on: 19.05.2025

ORDER

It is a reference made by the learned Principal District & Sessions Judge, Bhopal seeking guidance as to which court shall try the S.T.No.187/2024 (State v. Sayed Meer Hussain) which is pending against a juvenile in conflict with law under Sections 120-B, 122, 307, 326, 324 of IPC; Sections 3/4 of the Explosive Substances Act; Sections 150, 151 of Railways Act; Section 4 of Public Property (Prevention) Act; and Sections 16(b), 18, 25, 38 and 39 of Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act, whether it should be tried by the Special Judge under NIA Act or it should be tried by Children’s Court.

2. The original case was registered by the National Investigation Agency (for brevity “NIA”) as Special Case No.4/2017 (State v. Atif Mujaffar and others) and is pending before the Special Judge (NIA Act).

3. As per the reference made, the Sessions Trial No.187/2024 arising out of the case registered by NIA after making investigation and filing charge-sheet on