Criminal Misc. No. M-20435 of 2008 1
In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh.
Criminal Misc. No. M-20435 of 2008
Date of Decision: 13.8.2008
Gurjit Singh
...Petitioner
Versus
State of Haryana
...Respondent
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA.
Present: Mr. Harmandeep S. Sullar, Advocate
for the petitioner.
Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral)
Counsel for the petitioner inter-alia contends that this is a case
of elopement of the daughter of complainant with the petitioner as there
was love affair between the parties and they had married each other.
Counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon photograph
(Annexure P3) and application submitted to the Superintendent of
Police, Ambala, by Mandeep Kaur (Annexure P4). Counsel further
submits that as per Secondary Examination Certificate (Annexure P2)
date of birth of petitioner is 19.6.1991 and he is less than 18 years of
age and is a juvenile.
Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Sunil Nehra,
learned Assistant Advocate General, Haryana. A copy of petition has
been supplied to him.
Petitioner is directed to surrender before the concerned
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Juvenile Justice Board who shall hold an enquiry and determine the age
of petitioner.
In case petitioner is found to be juvenile, his bail application
shall be dealt with according to law governing the juveniles. Petitioner
shall surrender before the Juvenile Justice Board on or before 25.8.2008
and in the event of surrender he shall be released on interim bail till the
conclusion of the inquiry. Thereafter, his bail application will be decided
on merits. In case it is found that the petitioner is not juvenile, he shall
not be arrested for a period of ten days to enable him to approach the
higher Court.
With these observations, the present petition is disposed off.
(Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia)
Judge
August 13, 2008
“DK”