law: Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000
  59. Release and
  
  absence of juvenile or child in placement.-
  1.     
  
    When
  
  a juvenile or the child is kept in a children's home or special home and on a
  
  report of a probation officer or social worker or of Government or a voluntary
  
  organization, as the case may be, the competent authority may consider, the
  
  release of such juvenile or the child permitting him to live with his parent or
  
  guardian or under the supervision of any authorized person named in the order,
  
  willing to receive and take charge of the juvenile or the child to educate and
  
  train him for some useful trade or calling or to look after him for
  
  rehabilitation.
  2.     
  
    the
  
  competent authority may also permit leave of absence to any juvenile or the
  
  child, to allow him, on special occasions like examination, marriage of
  
  relatives, death of kith and kin or the accident or serious illness of parent
  
  or any emergency of like nature to go on leave under supervision, for a period
  
  generally not exceeding seven days, excluding the time taken in journey.
  3.     
  
    Where
  
  a permission has been revoked or forfeited and the juvenile or the child refuses
  
  or fails to return to the home concerned or juvenile to which he was directed
  
  so to return, the Board may, if necessary, cause him to be taken charge of and
  
  to be taken back to the concerned home.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  time during which a juvenile or the child is absent from a concerned home in
  
  pursuance of such permission granted under this section shall be deemed to be
  
  part of the time for which he is liable to be kept in the special home.
  Provided that when a juvenile has failed to
  
  return to the special home on the permission being revoked or forfeited, the
  
  time which elapses after his failure so to return shall be excluded in
  
  computing the time during which he is liable to be kept in the institution.
  Substituted for word “for maximum seven days”
  
  vide Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Amendment Act, 2006,
  
  section 23