IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-18299 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 06.06.2011 Mumtaz Khan and another ....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. Rajesh Lamba, Advocate for the petitioners. **** 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Prayer in the present petition, filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is for the issuance of a direction to respondents No.1 to 2 to protect the lives and liberty of the petitioners from respondents No.3 to 7. Petitioners are present in the Court. Respondent No.3 Liyakat Ali Khan, father of petitioner No.1 is also present in person before this Court. At the request of Mr. Liyakat Ali Khan-respondent No.3, a personal meeting between Liyakat Ali Khan and Mumtaz Khan was arranged in my Chamber. As per statement of Liyakat Ali Khan, her daughter is about 22 years of age. Petitioner No.1 has stated that she is major and she has married with petitioner No.2 with her will and wants to live with petitioner No.2. Petitioner No.2 also stated that he is major and both of them have solemnized marriage and now want to live together as husband and wife. CRM No. M-18299 of 2011 (O&M) -2- Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that petitioners have threat to their life and liberty. He further states that lot of relatives of the respondent No.3 are present in the Court compound and can abduct the petitioners. Respondent No.3 father of the petitioner No.1 undertakes that no harm shall be caused to the petitioners. Without adverting to the merits of the controversy, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to secure the life and liberty of the petitioners. Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that although Chandigarh Police is not impleaded as a party, but since lot of people have gathered outside the court Compound, therefore, direction be issued to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh to provide adequate security to the petitioners. Senior Superintendent of Police, Chandigarh is directed to depute two police personnel to escort the petitioners to the office of Commissioner of Police, Faridabad. Petition stands disposed of in the above terms. A copy of this order be given dasti under the signatures of Court Secretary of this Bench. (Alok Singh) Judge 06.06.2011 vcgarg