Crl. Misc. No.M-29778 of 2010 [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Crl. Misc. No. M-29778 of 2010 Date of Decision: October 7, 2010 Sanjay Singh …..Petitioner Vs. State of Haryana …..Respondent CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.S. BEDI. -.- Present:- Mr.N.S. Shekhawat, Advocate for the petitioner. -.- M.M.S. BEDI, J. (ORAL) Petitioner seeks the concession of pre-arrest bail in a case of rape registered at the instance of Vinod alleging that his daughter is a minor. Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the prosecutrix has got an affair with the petitioner and that she is more than 19 years of age as per the birth certificate annexure P-1. Reliance has been placed on two Crl. Misc. No.M-29778 of 2010 [2] photographs of the prosecutrix with the petitioner and number of letters alleged to have been written by the prosecutrix. I have heard counsel for the petitioner and gone through the photographs and letters. The age of the prosecutrix or the consent cannot be taken into consideration at this stage, as the prosecutrix is alleged to have already made a statement against the petitioner for having sexually abused her. No extraordinary exceptional circumstances exist for the grant of pre- arrest bail. The photographs, letters or the other circumstances may constitute a good ground for the grant of regular bail by taking the defence of consent if the prosecutrix is established to have attained the majority. Dismissed. October 7, 2010 (M.M.S.BEDI) sanjay JUDGE