Esha & ANR v. State ( Govt Of NCT Of Delhi) & ORS

$~25 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 1075/2018 ESHA & ANR ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajtilak Guha Roy, Adv.

Versus

STATE ( GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) & ORS ..... Respondent Through: Ms. Kamna Vohra, ASC for State with Ms. Sarabjeet Kaur, Adv. with SI Sanjay Kumar, P.S. Harsh Vihar.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 10.10.2018 The petitioners have been granted protection in terms of this Court's order dated 11.05.2018. They are legal adults and have married each other, out of their free volition, on 16.02.2018. Their cohabiting together cannot be a reason for anybody to take the law in their hands. Accordingly, the petitioners shall be provided protection by the local police in terms of the threat, as may be assessed to their life, limb and liberty. Additionally, the petitioners shall be provided with telephone numbers of three police officers from the jurisdiction of the concerned Police Station of which one shall be a lady police officer. These numbers shall be kept operational at all times so that any exigency can be intimated on either of the numbers by the petitioners. Any message received on the said numbers or on any other telephone number of the police either by way

of a telephone call or SMS shall be immediately responded to. Additionally, the Beat Constable/Division Staff of the area shall regularly visit the residence of the petitioners on a daily basis and report the same in the Roznamcha. The safety and security of the petitioners shall be assessed by the SHO on a weekly basis with due endorsement of the same in the Roznamcha for a month. The Beat Constable shall record entries in his Beat Book. The petitioners shall furnish their address in Delhi to the SHO concerned.

No further orders are required at this stage. The petition stands disposed-off accordingly. NAJMI WAZIRI, J OCTOBER 10, 2018/acm