High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRWP/5720/2021dismissed

Reema Sehgal And ORS v. State Of Punjab And ORS

2021-12-15Mrs. Justice Meenakshi I. Mehta2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH Sr.No.238 CRWP No.5720 of 2021 Date of Decision: 15.12.2021 Reema Sehgal and others

...Petitioners

Versus

State of Punjab and others

...Respondents

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA

Present:

Mr. L.M. Gulati, Advocate, for the petitioners.

Mr. Amitoj Singh Dhaliwal, D.A.G., Punjab for respondents No.1 and 2.

* * * * MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA, J.

(ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdraw the instant petition while submitting that as regards the prayer of the petitioners for the issuance of the direction to respondent No.2 to look into their grievance by deciding their representation Annexure P-1 and to take appropriate legal action against respondents No.3 to 6, they (petitioners) would be availing the alternative, appropriate and efficacious remedy, as may be permissible to them under law, for this purpose and so far as their prayer for the protection of their own as well as their family members' lives and liberty is concerned, they would be moving a fresh representation to respondent No.2-Senior Superintendent of Police, Amritsar Rural, exclusively praying therein for the said protection only and he further prays that the said respondent be directed to look into and NEETU RANI 2021.12.15 17:30 I attest to the accuracy of this order PHHC

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take appropriate action on the fresh representation of the petitioners within some specific time frame.

Learned State counsel has no objection to the abovediscussed submission as well as the prayer as made by learned counsel for the petitioners.

Resultantly, the petition in hand stands dismissed for having been withdrawn with a direction to respondent No.2 that in case, the petitioners move any fresh representation to him restricting their prayer therein to the protection of their own as well as their family members' lives and liberty only, he shall look into the same and if the petitioners and their family members would be found to be genuinely deserving the said protection, then he shall take appropriate action strictly in accordance with law, in the given set of the facts and circumstances of the matter, preferably, within a period of two weeks.

(MEENAKSHI I. MEHTA) 15.12.2021 JUDGE neetu Whether speaking/reasoned Yes Whether Reportable No NEETU RANI 2021.12.15 17:30 I attest to the accuracy of this order PHHC