Sanidhya Kashyap, Advocate & Independent Legal Researcher, Ranchi, India. Prerna Lakra, Advocate & Independent Legal Researcher, Ranchi, India ABSTRACT Bail under the juvenile justice framework in India operates on a fundamentally different footing from bail in the ordinary criminal justice system. Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 adopts a statutory presumption in favour of release of a child in conflict with law, irrespective of whether the...