IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CR. WJC No.1247 of 2010 Shankar Chaudhary @ Shanker Kumar, S/o Late Ganesh Choudhary, R/o N.C. Ghosh Lane, Nimtar Devi Asthan, Thana- Gardnibagh, District- Patna. ……..Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through District Magistrate, Patna. 2. Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna. ……..Respondents. For Respondent State :- Mr. Ashok Kumar Kesari,A.A.G.XI. ----------- 6. 10. 03. 2011. No body appears on behalf of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the State relies upon statement in the supplementary counter affidavit filed on 7th February, 2011, to submit that another case is pending before Juvenile Justice Board as JJB No. 970 of 2005. The petitioner's claim of being a juvenile was considered on the basis of materials including report of the Medical Board showing petitioner's age as 15-16 years on 22.03.2006. It has further been submitted that present case in which petitioner is in custody was instituted on 18th July, 2010 and as per age determined earlier, petitioner's age would be more than 19-20 years in Gardanibagh P.S. Case No. 125 of 2010. Since, no body appears on behalf of the petitioner and supplementary counter affidavit shows the 2 petitioner to be a major on the date of occurrence of the instant criminal case in which he is in custody, the writ petition is dismissed. m.p. (Shiva Kirti Singh, J.) (Gopal Prasad, J.)