IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 339 of 2010 Smt. Baljeet Kaur & another … Petitioners Vs State of Uttarakhand & Others … Respondents Sri Gopal Krishan, learned counsel for the petitioners Sri S.S. Adhikari, learned A.G.A. for the State/respondent Nos. 1 and 3 Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. Hon’ble Nirmal Yadav, J. By way of this writ petition under Section 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have sought the relief for issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 1 to provide adequate security to the petitioners. 2. Heard Sri Gopal Krishan, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri S.S. Adhikari, learned A.G.A. for the State/respondents no. 1 & 3 and perused the material available before us. 3. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 got married as per Sikh Rites and Customs on 13.02.2010 at Gurdwara Shri Nankana Sahib, Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar. The certificate of the marriage has been annexed as annexure No. 3 to the writ petition. The petitioners are major at the time of the marriage. The respondent No. 2 who is the father of the petitioner No. 1 became annoyed with the marriage of the petitioners and tried to threaten the petitioners for dire consequences and also threatened them in connivance with the anti social elements, which has made the life of the petitioners miserable. Hence, this writ petition. 2 4. Having considered the arguments raised by learned counsel for the parties, we are of the view that at this stage no ground to issue any writ in the nature of mandamus to respondent Nos. 1 and 3 for providing the adequate security for the life and liberty of the petitioners. 5. However, we direct the respondent No. 3 – S.S.P., Udham Singh Nagar to do the needful in the matter in order to provide adequate security to the petitioners, after assessing the entire situation at the spot, as and when, the representation by the petitioners is received at his end. 6. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of finally. (Nirmal Yadav, J.) (B.C. Kandpal, J.) 14.05.2010 ASWAL