Last December, six juvenile undertrials had broken the barrack's wall and escaped. Mohan could not join them then but now he fiercely wanted to get out of the prison.

On the night of April 16 at about 11 pm, Mohan along with some of his trusted inmates initiated the jail break operation using a broken spoon, a metal strip, some screws and a nail, they started removing the plaster on the wall which took over three hours. It was then that Mohan realised that their attempt to escape through a hole in the wall was futile.

Mohan had, however, another plan. To take the lone warden taking rounds outside their barrack. Mohan along withRehman, Sukbir, Narender, Shyam, Santosh and Sreedhar decided to somehow get the barrack door opened. Three of the inmates entered the toilet and others started calling the warden.

Says Shyam, "We told the warden, Dharmvir, that some boys were sexually abusing others inside the toilet. The warden came inside and took some of us out of the barrack to avoid a fracas."

This was the moment they were all looking for. In a flash, they pounced upon Dharamvir. One of the inmates, Rehman, broke a metal water pipe and hit the warden while Sreedhar grabbed his neck. The others joined in soon and thrashed the warden. The warden was taken a back and before he could do anything the prisoners snatched the keys, opened the first gate, jumped over the 15-feet high main gate and vanished.

However, the warden managed to catch hold of Sreedhar as he was trying to run away. Two days later, the parents of one of the inmates, Shyam, a murder accused, handed him back to the police. After escaping from the jail, Shyam had goneto his parents at Faridabad. But since his bail plea was expected to be granted his parents thought it was better to send him back.

Superintendent of the Observation Home, B S Kataria says that a total of eleven undertrials, including a convict had escaped. Most of them are facing trials for rape, murder, abduction, theft.

Superintendent, Kataria says that the observation home is meant to house juveniles up to the age of sixteen years. However, youngsters who are well into their 18s and 20s are also sent here.

"This creates problems as we do not have sufficient security. There are only - wardens and only one of them is deputed in each shift. Besides, the elder boys spoilthe novices," he says.

Add to that, the home doesn't even have a telephone, an emergency siren or even a vehicle.

The police are still searching for the escapees. SSP, Sonipat, K Selvaraj said that they have sent teams to various places to apprehend the Juvenile undertrails.

names of the jail inmates have been changed