Criminal Misc. No. 20373-M OF 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 20373-M OF 2010 Date of decision:27th January, 2011 Amarjit Kaur .......Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present: Mr. Manmohan Singh, Advocate for Mr. R.S.Randhawa, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.S.Pannu, DAG, Punjab for the respondent-State. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No Nirmaljit Kaur, J.(Oral) The present petition has been filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. praying for direction to respondent Nos. 1 to 4 not to harass the petitioner and scuttle her constitutional right to live peacefully and to protect the life and liberty of the petitioner. Reply by way of Affidavit has been filed. As per the reply, petitioner has given shelter to Gurjant Singh at her house. Gurjant Singh is the brother of the petitioner. He is a proclaimed offender. There are as many as seven cases against the said Gurjant Singh. Criminal Misc. No. 20373-M OF 2010 2 The present petition is accordingly disposed of with the direction to the respondents that they shall not use any coercive method against her to find out the whereabouts of the said Gurjant Singh. However, in case the petitioner is wanted, the respondents shall strictly follow the provision under Section 160 of the Cr.P.C. The present petition stands disposed of accordingly. [NIRMALJIT KAUR] JUDGE 27th January, 2011 Shivani Kaushik