A Children Court trying a child in conflict with law for a heinous offence, is not empowered to:

Under Section 19(1) of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, the Children's Court may decide to "Hold trial of a child as an adult" or, if it finds no such need, "Hold inquiry of the child as a Juvenile Justice Board". Under Section 19(3) it may "Send the child to a place of safety till he attains the age of 21 years", after which the child is transferred to jail to serve any remaining term. But Section 21 forbids any sentence of death or of life imprisonment without the possibility of release on a child in conflict with law, so the Children's Court is not empowered to "Sentence the child to life imprisonment without the possibility of release".