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 Criminal Misc. No. M-20435 of 2008 2 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”