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Provided that such person shall not be so released if there appears reasonable grounds for believing that the release is likely to bring that person into association with any known criminal or expose the said person to moral, physical or psychological danger or the person's release would defeat the ends of justice, and the Board shall record the reasons for denying the bail and circumstances that led to such a decision.

(ii) expose the said person to moral, physical or psychological danger, or, (iii) the person's release would defeat the ends of justice.

21. Hon'ble Apex Court in Juvenile in Conflict with Law Vs. State of Rajasthan, as reported in 2024 SCC OnLine SC 5297 has also held that juvenile in conflict with law has to be necessarily released on bail unless the proviso is applicable and there must be clear finding regarding the applicability of the proviso. The relevant part of judgment reads as follows:

(a) The nature of crime committed by the petitioner is not likely to bring him into association with any known criminal or expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger; (b) There is no such report available on record which suggests that the petitioner is likely to be exposed to moral, physical and psychological danger; (c) The victim girl and her parents do not apprehend any danger from the petitioner and they have appeared before the Special Court and stated that they have no objection for enlarging the petitioner on bail."

41. I further find that the bail application of the appellant has been rejected on the following grounds :

(i) The release of the appellant may bring him into association of criminal persons.
(ii) The release of the appellant may expose him to moral, physical and psychological danger.
(iii) The release of the appellant may defeat the ends of justice.

42. However, after scrutiny of the material on record, I find that none of the grounds for rejection of bail by learned Children Court to the appellant is sustainable. There is no material on record to show that the appellant was in the Patna High Court CR. APP (SJ) No.2068 of 2024 dt.04-05-2026 company of known criminals, because no details of such criminals, with whom the appellant was associated, has been given either in the Social Background Report or Social Investigation Report. There is also nothing on record to show that release of the appellant would expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger.