ROHTAK, May 12 -- Girls swept the top ranks in the Haryana Board Class 12 results, with Deepika of Vivekanand Vidya Mandir, Chillar in Rewari, scoring 499 out of 500 marks in the arts stream.

According to the results, Udita of Vishvavara Kanya Gurukul, Rurki in Rohtak district, also from the arts stream, came second, scoring 498 marks. She hails from Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh. Yogita of Shiksha Bharti Global School, Budain in Jind and Muskan of Gyan Bharti Public School, Dhamtan Sahib, also in Jind, finished joint third, securing 497 marks. Both are from the arts stream.

Girls outshone boys by 6.52 percentage points, recording a pass percentage of 87.97% against 81.45% for the boys. The overall pass percentage for regular candidates in the...