IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL CRIMINAL WRIT PETITON NO.952 OF 2009 1. Preetisha Patwal 2. Ranjeet Malik …..Petitioners Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Principal Secretary Homes, Civil Secretariat, Dehradun 2. S.S.P. Haridwar 3. S.H.O. P.S. Kankhal, District Haridwar 4. Har Dayal Singh Patwal …….Respondents Dated: November 05, 2009 Coram: Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. Hon’ble Dharam Veer, J. Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. (Oral) By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed for issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent nos.1, 2 and 3 for providing protection to the life and liberty of the petitioners. Heard Sri Ajay Veer Pundir, learned counsel for the petitioners and Sri Nandan Arya, learned AGA for respondent nos.1 to 3. Perused the record. The case of the petitioners is that they both are major and have married as per Hindu RITES at Arya Samaj Temple, Muzaffarnagar. The marriage was solemnized on 17.12.2008. Marriage certificate is annexed as Annexure No.2 to the writ petition. It is contended by learned counsel for the petitioners that respondent no.4, who is the father of petitioner no.1 has made the lives of the petitioners miserable by reporting the matter to the police and the police is trying to arrest the petitioner no.2 for having committed no crime. The petitioners has thus requested for providing the protection for their lives and liberty. 2 Having considered the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that it is not a case in which the writ of mandamus is to be issued. However, we feel that the petitioners may approach to respondent no.2/S.S.P. Haridwar for providing the adequate protection in order to protect their life and liberty and S.S.P. Haridwar after assessing the entire circumstances shall do the needful in the matter. With the aforesaid observations, the writ petition is disposed of finally. (Dharam Veer, J.) (B.C. Kandpal, J.) 05.11.2009 RG