4. During the pendency of these appeals, the appellant moved an application being I.A.No.43271 of 2019 claiming juvenility and consequently the benefits available under the provisions of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) Act, 20152. This application was apparently filed under Section 9(2) of the 2015 Act. This Court, vide order dated 28.09.2022 required the Trial Court to submit its report after due inquiry as to whether the appellant was a juvenile on the date when the offence in question was committed. The order dated 28.09.2022 is reproduced below: “Pursuant to directions issued on the last occasion, certain Reports/Documents have been placed on record. Without commenting on merits or demerits of the rival submissions, we direct as under: a. The copies of the record be sent to the concerned Trial Court as early as possible in physical form as well as in digitized form. b. The accused shall be produced before the concerned Trial Court within a week’s time. 2 The 2015 Act 3