In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-30941 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:15.10.2010 Anjali Arora and another .....Petitioners v. State (U.T., Chandigarh) and others .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Munish Raj, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioners on their own have solemnized their marriage amongst themselves on 12.10.2010. The marriage was solemnized according to Sikh rites at Guru Nanak Gurudwara, Phase-6, Mohali (S.A.S. Nagar). Certificate of marriage (Annexure-P.3) and photographs (Annexure- P.4) of the ceremony of marriage have been placed on record. On account of the marriage that has been solemnized the petitioners apprehend threat to their life and liberty from the parents (respondents No.4 and 5) and also the sister and her husband (respondents No.7 and 6) of petitioner No.1. The petitioners also filed an application dated 13.10.2010 (Annexure-P.5) before the Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh (respondent No.2) for protecting the life and liberty of the petitioners from respondents No.4 to 7. However, despite the said application, the threat to them persists. Therefore, they have filed the present petition. It is submitted that the petitioners are major. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 as per her All India Secondary School examination Cr. Misc. No.M-30941 of 2010 [2] certificate (Annexure-P.1) issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education is 16.10.1987 and that of petitioner No.2 as per his driving licence (Annexure-P.2) is 31.12.1984. The averments made in the petition are supported by affidavit of petitioner No.1. Both the petitioners are present in Court and are identified by their counsel. It is stated by petitioner No.1 that she has solemnized her marriage with petitioner No.2 of her own free will and desire and without any kind of pressure or undue influence. Besides, she is happy with her marriage. It is submitted by both the petitioners that they were not earlier married. 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. October 15, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*