IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Criminal Misc.8220-M of 2008 DATE OF DECISION : AUGUST 25, 2008 RAJINDER KUMAR @ MINTU ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Baldev Singh, Sr.Advocate, with Mr.Arshvinder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. HS Brar, DAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) This petition under Section 482, Code of Criminal Procedure, is directed against order dated 3.9.2007, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Ludhiana. The petitioner, who is an accused, moved an application with the assertion that he is a juvenile. He sought ossification test. The prayer was declined. The core of the issue is as to whether the petitioner was a juvenile on the date of incident i.e. 11.5.2006. Learned counsel for the respondent-State has referred to Annexures R-1 and R-2, which are certificates issued by the School and the Punjab School Education Board. If the age reflected in the certificates is taken into account, clearly, the petitioner was not a juvenile on the date of Criminal Misc.8220-M of 2008 2 the incident. The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. August 25, 2008 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE