High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRWP/8540/2020disposed of

Pooja Rani And ANR v. State Of Haryana And Others

2020-10-16Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi2 pages

CRWP-8540 of 2020 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP No.8540 of 2020 (O&M) Date of Decision : 16.10.2020 Pooja Rani and another

...Petitioners

Versus

State of Haryana and others

...Respondents

(Through video conferencing)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI

Present:

Ms. Nisha, Advocate for Mr. Vikram Sheoran, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G. Haryana.

Mr. Kanhiya Soni, Advocate for respondent No.4. *** Harsimran Singh Sethi, J. (Oral) CRM-W-1028 of 2020 As prayed for, application is allowed.

CRWP No.8540 of 2020 The petitioners are seeking a direction from this Court to respondents No.1 to 3 to protect their life and liberty as they apprehend danger to their life & liberty from respondent No.4 i.e. father of petitioner No.1. Learned counsel for the petitioners argues that it is most likely that the private respondent might cause physical harm to the petitioners as they want to get married & live together, against the wishes of respondent No.4. Learned counsel for the petitioners further argues that both the petitioners are major by age and they want to live their independent life without any interference from the father of petitioner No.1 i.e. respondent No.4.

NARESH KUMAR 2020.10.16 18:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CRWP-8540 of 2020 -2- Learned counsel for the petitioners has drawn attention of this Court to the representation dated 12.10.2020 (Annexure P-3) made by the petitioners to respondent No.2-Superintendent of Police, District Dadri seeking protection to their life and liberty. Notice of motion.

Ms. Rajni Gupta, Addl. A.G. Haryana, who has joined the proceedings through video conference, keeping in view the service of advance copy of petition, accepts notice on behalf of State of Haryana respondent Nos.1 to 3.

Mr. Kanhiya Soni, Advocate who has also joined the proceedings through video conference, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.4 and submits that the only apprehension of respondent No.4 is that petitioner No.2, according to him, has a criminal background and petitioner No.1 might not be safe with him. Learned counsel for the respondent No.4 states that respondent No.4 has no intention of hurting the petitioners in any manner and he will not act in any manner which will threaten the life and liberty of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that keeping in view the statement made by learned counsel for respondent No.4 on behalf of respondent No.4, she does not press the present petition any further, at this stage, and the same may be disposed of as having been not pressed. Ordered accordingly.

October 16, 2020 (HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI) aarti/naresh k.

JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes/No Whether reportable :

Yes/No NARESH KUMAR 2020.10.16 18:02 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh