High Court of DelhiW.P.(CRL)/1364/2018

Laxmi & ANR v. State ( Gnct Of Delhi) & ORS

2018-07-30Hon'Ble Mr. Justice Najmi Waziri2 pages

$~28 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 1364/2018 LAXMI & ANR.

..... Petitioners Through:

Mr. Mahesh Verma, Advocate with Petitioners in person.

Versus

STATE ( GNCT OF DELHI) & ORS.

..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Sanjay Lao, Additional Public Prosecutor for State with SI S.K.

Singh, P.S. Fatehpuri Beri.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 30.07.2018 Mr. Lao, the learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State submits that in terms of this Court's previous order dated 03.05.2018, the petitioners have been granted protection. Indeed, now the petitioner no.1 is receiving calls from her family to return to them. The petitioners are adults; they have married each other of their own free volition; they have the liberty to choose the place of their residence. Should they feel threatened, they shall be provided with adequate protection by the Station House Officer of the area concerned where they choose to reside in Delhi. They shall also be provided with telephone numbers of three police officers from the jurisdiction of the Police Station concerned of which one shall be of 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 and that 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 their residence 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. The Beat Constable shall record entries in his Beat Book.

No further orders are required at this stage. The petition stands disposed-off in the above terms. A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned counsel for the parties.

NAJMI WAZIRI, J.

JULY 30, 2018 sb