High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/139/2018disposed of

Neha And ANR. v. State Of Punjab And ORS.

2018-01-05Mr. Justice Ashok Kumar Verma2 pages

CRM-M-139-2018

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH CRM-M-139-2018 Date of decision : 05.01.2018 Neha and another ... Petitioner(s)

Versus

State of Punjab and others ... Respondent(s)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT RAWAL

Present:

Mr. Harpreet S. Rakhra, Advocate for the petitioners.

**** AMIT RAWAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioners have filed this petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for issuance of directions to official respondents to protect their life and liberty from the hands of private respondents.

Petitioner No.1 is stated to be major, but petitioner No.2 is 20 years of age, as per Aadhaar Card (Annexure P-2). They have solemnized marriage on 04.01.2018 which is against the wishes of their parents. The factum of marriage has been pleaded with reference to photographs (Annexure P-4). The petitioners have an apprehension at the hands of private respondent Nos.4 to 7 and in this regard, they have submitted a representation dated 04.01.2018 (Annexure P-5) to the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, Punjab/respondent No.2, but no action has been taken so far.

The present petition is disposed of with the direction to the Yogesh Sharma 2018.01.05 14:44 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

CRM-M-139-2018 Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, Punjab/respondent No.2 to look into the representation of the petitioners and decide the same and if required, provide the protection to the life and liberty of the petitioners by providing adequate security.

The Criminal Misc. petition stands disposed of. ( AMIT RAWAL) JUDGE 05.01.2018 Yogesh Sharma  Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/ No  Whether Reportable Yes/ No Yogesh Sharma 2018.01.05 14:44 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document