IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-35597 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: December 16, 2009 Fozia Firdoos and another … Petitioners Versus State of U.T. and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present : Mr. G.S. Sawhney, Advocate, for the petitioners. S.D. Anand, J.(Oral) Crl. Misc. No. 64196 of 2009 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-35597 of 2009 The petition shall stand disposed of in limine with a direction to respondent No. 2 - Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh, shall 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. December 16, 2009 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge