In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-26688 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:21.12.2009 Mohammad Abdul .....Petitioner v. State of Haryana .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Jainainder Saini, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Rajeev K. Takkar, Additional Advocate General, Haryana for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him for the offence under Section 20 of the NDPS Act. He was apprehended by the Police and on search of his green colour cloth bag `Sulfa' in plastic paper was recovered which on weighing came to 1 Kg. 250 Grams. Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed on record copy of the order dated 16.12.2009 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Hisar whereby the date of birth of the petitioner has been noticed which is 20.10.1992. Consequently, it was observed that the petitioner was a minor at the time of the offence on 9.5.1999. Accordingly, he was declared a juvenile and the case was transferred to the Juvenile Justice Board, Hisar for its trial as per law. Section 12 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Cr. Misc. No.M-26688/2009 [2] Children) Act, 2000 (`Act' – for short) provides for bail to juvenile. It is envisaged thereunder that whenever any person accused of a bailable or non-bailable offence, and apparently a juvenile, is arrested or detained or appears or is brought before a Board, such person shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure or in any other law for the time being in force, be released on bail with or without surety or placed under the supervision of a Probation Officer or under the care of any fit institution or fit person but he shall not be so released if there appears reasonable grounds for believing that the release is likely to bring him into association with any known criminal or expose him to moral, physical or psychological danger or that his release would defeat the ends of justice. The petitioner is in custody since 9.5.2009. The trial in the case is likely to take time. There is no other case stated to be pending against him, therefore, it can be reasonably stated on the basis of material that while on bail the petitioner is not likely to indulge in similar activities. Besides, he is a juvenile. Accordingly, the criminal miscellaneous petition is allowed and the petitioner on his furnishing personal bond and surety to the satisfaction of the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Magistrate, Hisar shall be admitted to bail. December 21, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp* NOTE: Whether to be referred to the Reporter or not:Yes/No