IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-7560 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 19th March, 2009 Kulprit Singh … Petitioner Versus State of Punjab … Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Sanjay Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Issue notice of motion. On the asking of Court, Mr. Anter Singh Brar, Deputy Advocate General Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the State. Petitioner has caused grievous injury on the nose of the complainant. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that petitioner was born on 1st October, 1991 and has relied upon school leaving certificate (Annexure P-4) to state that petitioner is a Juvenile. Counsel has further submitted that under the provisions of Juvenile Justice Act, no Juvenile can be arrested and the mandate of law is that Juvenile is to be released on bail. Whether petitioner is Juvenile or not, can only be determined by the concerned Juvenile Justice Board. Therefore, petitioner is granted interim bail for a period of 30 days. Petitioner shall cause appearance before the concerned Juvenile Justice Board, which shall hold an inquiry Criminal Misc. No. M-7560 of 2009 (O&M) regarding the age of the petitioner to determine whether petitioner is a Juvenile or not. In case petitioner is found to be Juvenile, his bail application shall be decided by the concerned Juvenile Justice Board. If it is found otherwise, petitioner may approach the concerned Court for regular bail. With these observations, present petition is disposed off. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE March 19, 2009 rps 2