Himanshu Jain & ANR v. Union Of India & ORS

$~65 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(CRL) 2888/2018, Crl. M.As. 32790-91/2018 HIMANSHU JAIN & ANR ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Pankaj Kishore Gupta, Adv.

Versus

UNION OF INDIA & ORS ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Avi Singh, ASC for State with SI Praveen Kumar, P.S. Mandawali.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAJMI WAZIRI

O R D E R

% 24.09.2018 The petitioners claim to be legal adults. They have filed documents proving the same. They are over 24 years of age. They have married each other of their free volition. Their marriage did not meet the approval of the family members of P-2. They 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 parents and accordingly seek protection for the same.

Mr. Avi Singh, the learned counsel for the State states upon instructions that respondent no.5 - the brother of petitioner no.2 has informed the police that he and his other family members are themselves concerned about the safety and security of P-2 and there can be no threat whatsoever from them to the said petitioner. Indeed, they would be happy to support her in the decision she has made. The respondents have assured the

police that indeed they shall hold a public reception or otherwise a grand marriage celebration for the sake of family members and relatives etc. He submits that in view of the above, the threat perception may have been lessened.

Be that as it may, 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. 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 24, 2018/acm