COCP No. 1245 of 2010 (O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No. 1245 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 2.7.2010 Manmohanjit Singh .....Petitioner Versus Alok Nath Angra ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: Shri R.K. Arya, Advocate, for the petitioner. HEMANT GUPTA, J (Oral). This Court vide order dated 15.4.2008, has directed the Senior Superintendent of Police, Gurdaspur, to provide protection to the life and liberty of the petitioner, if it is considered necessary. It is contended that one Surinder Kaur, relative of wife of the present petitioner entered in the house of the petitioner, grappled with his wife and raised hooliganism and that the police has failed to protect the life and liberty of the petitioner and his family. The petitioner has a right to lodge a complaint against said Surinder Kaur and such other persons, who have trespassed in the house of the petitioner and for other offensive acts. However, it cannot be said that such acts disclose that the order passed by this Court has not been complied with. The right of protection is to be interpreted reasonably and not that all citizens are entitled to police protection. Mere possibility of commission of crime is not a ground which may entitle the petitioner for protection by the police force at the State expenses. The protection at the State expenses is to be COCP No. 1245 of 2010 (O&M) [2] provided by the police authority keeping in view the threat perceptions and the level of security, if any required. If any crime is committed, the police is bound to bring the culprits to book. But in the facts of the present case, I do not find that any case is made out for initiating the contempt proceedings only because the relations of the wife of the petitioner have trespassed in the house of the petitioner. If that is so, the petitioner is at liberty to take recourse to the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Hence, the present petition is dismissed. [ HEMANT GUPTA ] JUDGE 2.7.2010 ds