Gurmeet Kaur & ANR v. State Of Punjab & ORS

CRM-M-23160-2015 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-23160 of 2015 (O&M) Date of decision : July 17, 2015.

Gurmeet Kaur and another ... Petitioners

VERSUS

State of Punjab and others ... Respondents

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURINDER GUPTA

Present:

Petitioners in person with Mr. Jitender Singh Dadwal, Advocate.

SURINDER GUPTA, J.(Oral) This petition is for seeking protection of life and liberty of petitioners, who alleged to have married against the wishes of respondents No. 4 to 9, relatives of the petitioners.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioner No.1-Gurmeet Kaur, aged about 41 years and petitioner No.2-Kuldeep Singh aged about 47 years were earlier married. The husband of petitioner No.1 namely Budh Singh died in the year 2006 and she has three children from that marriage. Death certificate of her husband is Annexure P-1. The wife of petitioner No.2 namely Sukhwinder Kaur died in the year 2013 and he has two children from that marriage. Death certificate of his wife is Annexure P-2. Now, petitioners got married on 01.07.2015. Private respondents, who are relatives of the petitioners, are against this marriage and are posing threat to their life and liberty. A representation (Annexure P-4) was made to Senior Superintendent of Police, Fatehgarh Sahib seeking SACHIN MEHTA 2015.07.17 16:08 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh

CRM-M-23160-2015 -2protection of life and liberty of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners has limited his prayer for taking appropriate action in accordance with law on the representation dated 06.07.2015 (Annexure P4) made by the petitioners. In view of the limited prayer made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, but without expressing any opinion on the validity of marriage of petitioners, this petition is disposed of with direction to respondent No.2-Senior Superintendent of Police, Fatehgarh Sahib to look into the representation dated 06.07.2015 (Annexure P-4) and take appropriate action in accordance with law, on receipt of certified copy of this order along with representation in his office. However, it is made clear that this order will have no effect on the validity of alleged marriage of the petitioners or on any other civil or criminal proceedings instituted against them. July 17, 2015 (SURINDER GUPTA) Sachin M.

JUDGE SACHIN MEHTA 2015.07.17 16:08 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Chandigarh