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Caught with liquor, juvenile board asks boy to plant 20 trees as punishment
Updated On: 11 February, 2021 01:52 PM IST | Patna | mid-day online correspondent
The Juvenile Justice Board said that harsh punishment was not always the best way to reform a person, especially when one is of tender age

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The Gopalganj Juvenile Justice Board (JJB) in Bihar asked a minor to plant 20 trees in a government school and look after it for two months. The minor was punished after he was found in possession of liquor, which is banned in Bihar.
According to a report in Hindustan Times, the principal magistrate Rakesh Mani Tiwari and JJB members directed the Gopalganj DFO to provide trees to the boy. It also directed the school headmaster to submit a compliance report on the boy after 20 days.
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