IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-30472 of 2009 Date of decision : December 1, 2009 Sunita Rani and another Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present : Mr. Harshit Jain, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Pardeep Virk, DAG Haryana NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) The parties are present in Court. This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for directing respondents No. 2 and 3 to give police protection to the petitioners on account of threat to their life and liberty from respondents No. 5 to 9. It is stated that petitioners have since married. Mr. Pardeep Virk, DAG Haryana on instructions from Head Constable-Ram Karan states that they had duly recorded the statement of Jai Ram – father of petitioner No. 2 who is stated to have no objection to the marriage of the petitioners. However, the concerned respondent reside in Punjab and learned counsel for the State of Punjab has brought to the notice of the Court that FIR is registered against the petitioner No. 2 for having abducted petitioner No. 1. At the same time, the petitioners require protection from being physically harmed. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed off with a direction to SSP/SP Jind to look into the grievance of the petitioners and, if found necessary, take appropriate action in accordance with law. The said direction has no bearing on the registration of case of FIR. (Nirmaljit Kaur) 1.12.2009 Judge reena