law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 
  22. Provision in
  
  respect of escaped juvenile.-
  Notwithstanding
  
  anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in
  
  force, any police officer may take charge without warrant of a juvenile in
  
  conflict with law who has escaped from a special home or an observation home or
  
  from the care of a person under whom he was placed under this Act, and shall be
  
  sent back to the special home or the observation home or that person, as the
  
  case may be; and no proceeding shall be instituted in respect of the juvenile
  
  by reason of such escape, but the special home, or the observation home or the
  
  person may, after giving the information to the Board which passed the order in
  
  respect of the juvenile, take such steps in respect of the juvenile as may be
  
  deemed necessary under the provisions of this Act.