In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-36164 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:21.12.2009 Hardeep Singh Chandi and another .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Aalok Jagga, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioners, it stated, are major. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 is 1.5.1984 and that of petitioner No.2 is 27.4.1989. Both the petitioners of their own free will and liking for each other have solemnized their marriage amongst themselves on 2.1.2009 at Village Basti Amar Singh, Post Office Mallanwala, Tehsil Zira, District Ferozepur. The certificate of registration of marriage (Annexure-P.1) under the Hindu Marriage Act has been placed on record. However, on account of the marriage that has been solemnized the petitioners are being threatened by responents No.4 to 7, who are the mother, brother and maternal uncles of petitioner No.2. They have threatened the petitioner No.2 that in case she does not leave her matrimonial home and return to her parental home they would forcibly take her. In fact, they even tried to forcibly take petitioner No.2 from her matrimonial home. The petitioners have also submitted a representation dated 15.12.2009 (Annexure-P.2) to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Jalandhar (respondent No.2) to restrain the Cr. Misc. No.M-36164 of 2009 [2] parents/relatives of petitioner No.2 from interfering in the personal life, liberty and security of the petitioners. However, despite the said representation the threat, it is submitted, persists. Both the petitioners are present in Court and are identified by their counsel. It is stated by petitioner No.2 that she has solemnized her marriage with petitioner No.1 of her own free will and desire and without any kind of pressure or undue influence. Besides, she is happy with her marriage. In the afore-noticed facts and circumstances, the present criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents No.2 and 3 that in case the petitioners approach any of them setting out their grievances as have been made in the present petition the same shall be duly considered and looked into by them independently and in accordance with law. December 21, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*