In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-32673 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:5.1.2011 Parmod Kumar alias Jagga .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab .....Respondent .... Present: Mr. Divya Vishavjeet Singh, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. T.S. Salana, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for the respondent-State. ..... S.S. Saron, J. Heard leaned counsel for the parties. The petitioner seeks regular bail in a case registered against him on 6.5.2009 for the offences under Sections 307, 324, 323, 506, 148 and 149 IPC. In the incident that occurred on 5.5.2009 at about 10.30 p.m. the petitioner is said to have raised a Lalkara, besides, inflicting a `Kirch' blow on the left side of the chest below the neck on the person of the complainant Jagjit Singh alias Sonu. As per medical report of Jagjit Singh alias Sonu, he received 9 injuries on his person out of which three were grievous and rest were simple. Injury on the chest and abdomen were declared dangerous to life. The injury on the chest is attributed to the petitioner. The petitioner, however, is in custody since 18.1.2010. The challan in the case has been filed and charges have been framed by the Cr. Misc. No.M-32673 of 2010 [2] learned trial Court on 8.10.2010. The prosecution has cited 19 witnesses and till date none has been examined. The trial in the case is likely to take time. The complainant Jagjit Singh alias Sonu has since been discharged from the hospital and according to the learned counsel for the petitioner he was discharged after one week. It is also submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is a juvenile and a reference has been made to the school leaving certificate (Annexure-P.3) in which his date of birth is mentioned as 15.10.1992. The date of occurrence as already noticed is 5.5.2009. Therefore, the petitioner was less than 18 years on the basis of the said school leaving certificate (Annexure-P.3). However, it appears that the petitioner has not raised any contention in this regard before the learned trial Court at the time of framing charges, inasmuch as, he is not being referred to the Juvenile Justice Board. Be that as it may, insofar as the present petition seeking regular bail is concerned the petitioner is entitled to the concession of bail. 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, Ludhiana shall be admitted to bail. However, nothing stated in this order as regards the determination of the fact whether the petitioner is a juvenile or not shall be construed as an expression of opinion on the matter and in case such a plea is raised by the petitioner, the same shall be considered by the concerned Court independently and in accordance with the material as placed before it. January 5, 2011. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*