In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-16800 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:20.7.2010 Navjeet Singh alias Navu .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. J.B.S. Gill, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. T.S. Salana, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. Ms. Monika Sharma, Advocate for the complainant. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Navjeet Singh alias Navu-petitioner seeks pre-arrest bail in a case registered against him on 27.7.2009 for the offences under Sections 307, 326, 324 and 34 IPC. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner is a juvenile and his date of birth as per 5th Class examination certificate (Annexure-P.2) issued by the Education Department, Punjab, S.C.E.R.T. is 1.7.1992. Therefore, it is submitted that on the date of incident i.e. 27.7.2009, the petitioner was a juvenile and he is entitled to the benefit of Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000. It is not in dispute that the petitioner was not sent-up for trial and was kept in column No.2 of the charge-report (challan). It is after the complainant-Baljit Singh was examined as PW-1 that an Cr. Misc. No.M-16800 of 2010 [2] application was filed for summoning the petitioner as an additional accused. The learned Additional Sessions Judge vide order dated 5.5.2010 has summoned the petitioner as an additional accused. Keeping in view the fact that the petitioner was not sent-up for trial initially and that he prima facie is a juvenile, it would be just and expedient to confirm the pre- arrest bail granted on 4.6.2010. Leaned counsel for the State has submitted that the custody of the petitioner is not required for the purposes of investigation. Accordingly, the interim bail granted on 4.6.2010 is made absolute. The criminal miscellaneous petition stands disposed of. July 20, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*