IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-31915 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 12, 2009 Priyanka and another … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present : Mr. Daljeet Singh Kahlon, Advocate, for the petitioners. S.D. Anand, J.(Oral) Crl. Misc. No. 57747 of 2009 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-31915 of 2009 Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. B.B.S. Teji, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the State. The respondent Nos. 2 and 3 (Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurdaspur, and S.H.O., Police Station City Pathankot, District Gurdaspur, respectively) shall Crl. Misc. No. M-31915 of 2009 ensure that the petitioners shall have the similar constitutional protection which is available to all the citizens of the country under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. The reiteration of that obvious constitutional guarantee would not be inferred to be an expression of opinion on the merits of the averments in the course of the petition qua the factum/validity of their matrimonial alliance. Disposed of accordingly. A copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of Special Secretary. November 12, 2009 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge 2