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The prosecution and the informant vehemently opposed the aforesaid application. They submitted that the high-school certificate produced by the applicant was forged or fabricated or manipulated document and in any case, it did not relate to the present applicant. It was thus submitted that in the first place, the applicant did not produce the original high-school certificate. A clear manipulation and interpolation exists in such certificate inasmuch as admittedly, there exists an unexplained difference in the name description of the applicant's father, as disclosed in the High School Certificate and as disclosed in the Tabulation Register produced by the applicant. On account of such discrepancy, it was submitted, that the High School Certificate was in any case, not proved. Learned counsel for the informant contended, if the applicant's father was also known as Ravindra Pratap Singh and therefore that name came to be recorded in his High School Certificate, the Tabulation Register maintained by the Board for the same student i.e. the applicant would have the same entries and it could not have recorded the name of the applicant's father as Ravindra Nath Singh. Another discrepancy alleged in the aforesaid certificate is of it being allegedly signed by the Additional Secretary, and not the Secretary of the Board, who alone is the signing and certifying authority of that Board.

34. Age determination inquiry contemplated under the JJ Act and Rules has nothing to do with an inquiry under other legislation, like an entry in service, retirement, promotion etc. There may be situations where the entry made in the matriculation or equivalent certificates, date of birth certificate from the school first attended and even the birth certificate given by a Corporation or a Municipal Authority or a Panchayat may not be correct. But Court, J.J. Board or a Committee functioning under the J.J. Act is not expected to conduct such a roving inquiry and to go behind those certificates to examine the correctness of those documents, kept during the normal course of business. Only in cases where those documents or certificates are found to be fabricated or manipulated, the Court, the J.J. Board or the Committee need to go for medical report for age determination.