{1} IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO.702 OF 2010 Abdul Siraj s/o Abdul Basid Kazi PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra RESPONDENT ....... Ms.S.N.Hadi, Advocate for petitioner (appointed) Mr.D.R.Kale, APP for respondent State ....... [CORAM : P.V.HARDAS, AND A.V.POTDAR, J.J.] DATE : 6th October 2010 PER COURT: 1. A communication sent by the petitioner through jail came to be registered as Criminal Writ Petition. We had accordingly appointed advocate Ms. S.N.Hadi, as a counsel to represent the petitioner in this petition before us. 2. By this petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays that he may be released u/s 7 A of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2000 in the light of the fact that the petitioner was below the age of 18 {2} years when the offence alleged to have been committed. The petitioner categorically states that the petitioner had not attended any school and, therefore, is unable to produce any certificate regarding his date of birth. 3. On notice being issued to the respondent, learned APP has produced a certificate issued by the Head Master of the Jamhoor High School, Udgir dated 01.10.2010, which shows that the petitioner had been admitted in the school at entry No.3004 in the school admission register. The certificate further discloses that the date of birth of the petitioner is 18.06.1985. It is, therefore, clear that the petitioner was 18 years and 2 months old when the offence is alleged to have been committed. The date of the incident is 12th August 2003. 4. in that light of the matter, therefore, there being no merit in the present petition, the petition is summarily dismissed with no order as to cost. We however, quantify the fees payable to the learned counsel appointed on behalf of the petitioner at Rs. 1,500/-. [A.V.POTDAR, J.] [P.V.HARDAS, J.] drp/B10/cwp702-10