IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Crl. Writ Petition No. 130 of 2008 1. Tara Pandey @ Bibi Tara Begum W/o Mohammad Irshad Alam R/o Mohalla Pathan Pura Manglaur, P.S. Kotwali Manglaur, District Haridwar. 2. Mohammad Irshad Alam S/o Nasser Ahmad R/o Mohalla Pathan Pura, Manglaur, P.S. Manglaur, District Haridwar. [ . Petitioners ...………… [ Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through S.S.P., District Haridwar. 2. Station Officer P.S. Kotwali Manglaur, District Haridwar. 3. Govind Ballabh Pandey S/o Gopal Pandey, R/o Ashok Nagar, H.No. 87-E P.O. Milap Nagar, Roorkee Cantt. District Haridwar. ...…………. Respondents Mr. Navneet Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Amit Bhatt, Addl. Govt. Advocate for the State. Hon’ble Prafulla C. Pant, J. Hon’ble B.S. Verma, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2) By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to provide safety and security of life and liberty to the petitioners. 3) It is argued that the petitioners are major and got married to each other against the wishes of their parents. 4) A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondents No. 1 and 2, with which Annexure –1 has been filed, which shows that petitioner No. 1 has stated that now she has no apprehension of danger to her security and she would make necessary application to the police as and when required, for the purpose. 5) In view of the above development, this writ petition has become infructuous. The writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. (Interim Relief Application No. 448 of 2008 also stands disposed of). (B.S. Verma, J.) (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 17.10.2008 17.10.2008 H.Negi