Crl. Misc. No.M-17325 of 2011 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-17325 of 2011 Date of Decision: July 4, 2011 Pawan …..Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.V.K. Kajla, Advocate for the petitioner. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) The petitioner is alleged to have enticed Ritu, daughter of the complainant and committed rape upon her against her consent. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the statement of prosecutrix has already been recorded and that the prosecutrix being a Muslim girl had already been married at the time of alleged occurrence. I have heard counsel for the petitioner. The case of the prosecution is that prosecutrix Ritu was aged about 13 or 14 years. Crl. Misc. No.M-17325 of 2011 [2] Evidence regarding her age will be material evidence to determine the fate of the petitioner at the time of final stage of the trial. Petitioner has been in custody for the last more than one year. Counsel for the petitioner does not press the petition at this stage with liberty to file fresh in case the trial is not concluded within a period of next three months. Dismissed as withdrawn and not pressed with liberty as aforementioned, at this stage. July 4, 2011 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE