IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc.No.68112 of 2011 & Criminal Misc.-M No.36813 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: December 13, 2011 Manpreet Kaur & another ...Petitioners Versus State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr.Vikasdeep Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Gaurav Garg Dhuriwala, DAG, Punjab, for the State. Mr.N.S.Kandhola, Advocate, for respondent No.4. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. Criminal Misc.No.68112 of 2011 Reply taken on record. Application disposed of. Criminal Misc.-M No.36813 of 2011 (O&M) Reply has now been placed on record alongwith the birth certificate of petitioner Manpreet Kaur. She is even less than 17 years. Accordingly, she is minor and not capable of consenting for such a marriage. This marriage being illegal may not call for any direction from this Court. She, however, would be at liberty to seek protection as citizen, if there is any threat to her life. Petitioner Manpreet Kaur has apparently filed false affidavit to show her age to be more than 18 years. She has, thus, made an attempt to mislead the court. Though no direction to launch criminal prosecution against her may be called for, but she has to be penalised for filing false affidavit. The petition is Criminal Misc.-M No.36813 of 2011 (O&M) : 2 : dismissed with costs of `5,000/-, which shall be deposited in the accounts of Legal Services Authority, Punjab. If the cost is not deposited, the State would be at liberty to move this Court for prosecution of petitioner Manpreet Kaur for filing a false affidavit before this Court. Cost be deposited within one week from today. December 13, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE