Despite being acquitted by the juvenile justice board almost a year ago, the teens had been languishing in an observation home in Faridkot, awaiting their release.
Lahore high court justice Shams Mahmood Mirza issued notices to Punjab chief secretary Zahid Akhtar Zaman, deputy commissioner Lahore Rafia Haider, and the city administrator on the petition filed by the Bhagat Singh Memorial Foundation Pakistan