Poonam And Another v. State Of Punjab And Others

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-34814 of 2015 Date of decision :08.10.2015 Poonam and another .... Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ANITA CHAUDHRY

Present:

Mr. M.S. Bajwa, Advocate for the petitioners.

-- ANITA CHAUDHRY , J(ORAL) Poonam and Manpreet Singh, the petitioners before me, claim themselves to be major and claiming that they have married against the wishes of respondents No. 4 to 7, seek protection to their life and liberty. They apprehend danger to them from the side of respondents no. 4 to 7. They have placed on record photographs and marriage certificate, Annexures P-3 and P-4 respectively. The petitioners have submitted representation dated 03.10.2015, Annexure P-5 to respondent no.2.

Without commenting upon the legality of the marriage and entering upon an exercise to evaluate the evidentiary value of the documents placed on the file, I dispose of the petition with directions to respondent no.2 to decide the representation of the petitioners, Annexure P-5 within a period of one month and grant the protection, if any threat to their life and liberty is perceived. It is made clear that this order shall not be taken to protect the petitioners from legal action for violation of law if any committed by them. October 08,2015 (ANITA CHAUDHRY) Jiten JUDGE JITEN SHARMA 2015.10.08 16:12 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document High Court Chandigarh