IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-32416 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 18, 2009 Pooja and another … Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present : Mr. Ravinder Malik Ravi, Advocate, for the petitioners. S.D. Anand, J.(Oral) Crl. Misc. No. 58620 of 2009 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-32416 of 2009 Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. S.S. Pattar, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the State. The respondent Nos. 2 and 3 (Superintendent of Police, Kurukshetra and S.H.O. Police Station, Ladwa, District Kurukshetra, respectively) shall ensure that the petitioners Crl. Misc. No. M-32416 of 2009 shall have the similar constitutional protection which is available to all the citizens of the country under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The reiteration of that obvious constitutional guarantee would not be inferred to be an expression of opinion on the merits of the averments in the course of the petition qua the factum/validity of their matrimonial alliance. Disposed of accordingly. A copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of Special Secretary. November 18, 2009 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2