IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

CRLREV NO.310 of 2025

(An application U/S. 438 & 442 of BNSS, 2023 r/w Sec. 102 of the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of

Childrens’ Act, 2015).

Govinda Purty …. Petitioner

-versus-

State of Odisha …. Opposite Party For Petitioner : Mr. D.K.Sahoo, Advocate For Opposite : Mr. C.Mohanty, Addl.PP

Party

CORAM:

JUSTICE G. SATAPATHY

F DATE OF HEARING & JUDGMENT:01.09.2025 (ORAL)

G. Satapathy, J.

1. Although this criminal revision has been filed against the order passed by the PO Childrens Court, but it should have been a Criminal Appeal. However, it is the substance, but not the form to which a Court has to take into consideration and appropriate relief, to which the party (the child in conflict with law-cum-petitioner) is entitled to should

not be withheld merely because the application has been filed under wrong nomenclature.

2. In this case, the criminal revision U/S. 102 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (in short “the Act”) as filed by the child-in-conflict with law-cum-petitioner is directed against the impugned order dated 07.05.2025 passed by the learned 1^st Addl. District Judge-cum-PO Children’s Court, Baripda in C