THE HON’BLE SMT.JUSTICE TIRUMALA DEVI EADA

ORDER:

This Criminal Petition is filed by the petitioner-accused seeking to set aside the order dated 11.09.2025 passed in Crl.M.P. No. 213 of 2025 in SC No.138 of 2020 by the Special Judge for trial of cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act at Nalgonda.

2. Heard Mr.V.R. Machavaram, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Jithender Rao Veeramalla, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent No.1-State and Sri D. Narasimha, learned counsel for the respondent No.2.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the trial court has erroneously dismissed the petition filed by them under Section 7(A) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 (for short ‘Juvenile Justice Act’). They have submitted before the trial court that the petitioner-accused is a minor at the time of the alleged offence and relied upon the school certificate showing the date of birth of the accused herein is 18.03.2000 and thus, prayed to consider the petitioner to be a juvenile and transmit the case to the Juvenile Court, but the said petition was dismissed by the trial court causing prejudice to the r