Overview
- The court directed the Juvenile Justice Board, Madhepura, to release the boy forthwith following its January 9 order.
- The State must pay Rs 5 lakh within one month and Rs 15,000 in litigation costs for the rights violation found by the bench.
- The Director General of Police, Bihar, was told to open an administrative inquiry and recover the payout from responsible officials within six months.
- Judges criticized a DIG’s supervision note that told police to assume allegations were true, calling it contrary to the presumption of innocence.
- The investigating officer arrested the boy on October 23, 2025 without seeking further-investigation leave from a magistrate and misreported him as 19, and the magistrate sent him to jail instead of an observation home.