[4][5] Each Juvenile Justice Board consists of one first-class judicial magistrate and two social workers at least one of whom is a woman.
[12] The Juvenile Justice Board has faced criticism in the trial of the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder.
The juvenile defendant Mohammed Afroz was not allowed to be trial as adult, with the JJB rejecting the plea of Delhi Police to conduct a bone ossification test.
[13] Despite being labeled as the most brutal in the crime, he was subsequently sentenced to 3 years in a Juvenile Reform Facility, which earned criticism from activists and lawyers.
[17] Following the protests against the order, the bail was canceled and Agarwal was remanded back into custody of an observation home.