IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.BASANT & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.SURENDRA MOHAN WEDNESDAY, THE 9TH MARCH 2011 / 18TH PHALGUNA 1932 WP(C).No. 35272 of 2010(H) -------------------------------------- PETITIONER: ------------------- BADARUDEEN, AGED 53 YEARS, S/O.AHAMMED KANI, SHERIJA MANZIL, PERINGAMALA VILLAGE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT. BY ADVS. SRI.T.A.UNNIKRISHNAN, SRI.K.S.PRAVEEN. RESPONDENTS: ------------------------ 1. THE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PIN. NO-695 001. 2. THE CIRCLE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, PALODE POLICE STATION, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, PIN- NO.695 563. 3. SAFEER, AGED 25 YEARS, S/O.SALIM, SAFEER MANZIL, PERINGAMALA P.O., ANAD, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM DISTRICT, PIN- 695 563. R1 & R2 BY GOVT. PLEADER SMT. C.M. CHARISMA, R3 BY ADV. SRI.C.N.SAMEER. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 09/03/2011,THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C). NO.35272/2010-H: APPENDIX PETITIONERS' EXHIBIT: EXT.P.1: COPY OF THE COMPLAINT PREFERRED TO THE R.1. RESPONDENTS' EXHIBITS: NIL. //TRUE COPY// P.A. TO JUDGE. Prv. R.BASANT & K.SURENDRA MOHAN, JJ. ------------------------------------------- WPC No.35272 of 2010 ------------------------------------------- Dated this the 9th March, 2011 JUDGMENT Basant, J. The petitioner has come to this Court with this petition for issue of directions under Article 226 of the Constitution to afford protection to the petitioner and his wife from apprehended objectionable, contumacious and violent acts of the third respondent. 2. According to the petitioner, petitioner's daughter has eloped with the third respondent. Th third respondent is a person who is powerful and influential. The third respondent is allegedly threatening the petitioner. It is in these circumstances that the petitioner has come to this Court. 3. When this petition came up for hearing on 30.11.2010, the Bench passed the following interim order. “There will be an interim order directing respondent No.2 to afford adequate protection to the life of the petitioner and his wife as against the third respondent for two weeks.” 4. The order has been extended. The same remains in force now. 5. The third respondent though served has not chosen to enter appearance. The learned Government WPC No.35272/2010 2 Pleader after taking instructions from respondents 1 and 2 submits that the third respondent has undertaken that he shall not indulge in any contumacious or culpable acts against the petitioner and his wife, i.e. his parents in law. He is not interested in demanding any money from his parents in law, it has been assured, submits the learned Government Pleader. In these circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits and the learned Government Pleader accepts that the interim order dated 30.11.2010 can be made absolute. In the total absence of any objections from the third respondent, we are satisfied that the said course can profitably be followed by this Court. 6. In the result, a) This petition is allowed. b) Interim order dated 30.11.2010 extracted above is made absolute. R.BASANT JUDGE K.SURENDRA MOHAN JUDGE css/