Rohit Rathore & ANR. v. The State & ORS

$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2755/2018, CRL.M.A. 32054/2018 ROHIT RATHORE & ANR.

..... Petitioners Through:

Mr. K.K. Tyagi, Advocate alongwith petitioners.

versus THE STATE & ORS ..... Respondents Through:

Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, ASC for State with SI Dinesh Kumar, PS- Welcome and SI Vikas, PS-Khyala.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 14.09.2018 The petitioners are legal adults and have married each other of their free volition. The father and family members of petitioner no. 2 are said to be inimical to them as the said marriage is without their consent. The petitioners apprehend a threat to the life, limb and liberty from the said persons and accordingly seek protection for the same. Issue notice. Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, the learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State accepts notice and assures the Court that the matter has been looked into by the SHO of the area concerned and the said respondent and family members will be duly sensitized to maintain peace as well as to the fact that the legal adults have a right to make their own decision in choosing a life partner and the parents cannot interfere in the exercise of such right. 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. Mr. Rajesh Mahajan, the learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State further states 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 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. A copy of this order be given dasti to the learned counsel for the parties under the signature of the Court Master. NAJMI WAZIRI, J SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 RW