IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-17830 of 2011 (O & M) Date of Decision: August 29, 2011 Harwinder Singh & others .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. S.S. Momi, Advocate, for Mr. J.S. Dadwal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Mr. R.S. Athwal, Advocate, for respondent Nos.4 to 9. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. prays for issuance of directions to respondent Nos.2 and 3 viz. official respondents, to protect life and liberty of the petitioners at the hands of respondent Nos.4 to 9. 2. At the first instance, Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-14447 of 2011 was filed by Narinder Singh and Navjot Kaur Crl. Misc. No. M-17830 of 2011 [2] with the plea that they got married against the desires of private respondents that include the petitioners in this petition. The private respondents are not accepting the marriage, and therefore, directions be issued to protect the life and liberty of the said two persons. The petition has been dismissed vide order dated 27.5.2011 that reads as under:- “Crl. Misc. No. 29817 of 2011 Counsel for respondents No. 4 to 18 states that petitioner No.2 wants to withdraw from the main petition. She is present in Court and has been identified by her counsel. The marriage between the petitioners was solemnized on 9.5.2011. As per the application, she had paid ` 6,000/- to a person to get the Certificate of Marriage. After getting the Marriage Certificate certain signatures of petitioner No.2 on blank papers were obtained by petitioner No.1. She has not perceived any threats from her parents and relatives and she is staying with her parents since 11.5.2011 and does not want to stay petitioner No.1. In view of the above, petitioner No.2 is allowed to withdraw from the main petition. Criminal miscellaneous is disposed of. Crl. Misc. No. 14447 of 2011 No further orders are required to be passed. Dismissed.” Crl. Misc. No. M-17830 of 2011 [3] 3. Narinder Singh, thereafter, filed a petition viz. Criminal Writ Petition No.1249 of 2011 under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of habeas corpus. After issuance of notice of motion, Navjot Kaur appeared in Court. Following order has been passed on 20.6.2011 while dismissing the petition as withdrawn:- “In terms of the order passed by this court on June 03, 2011, Ms. Navjot Kaur is present in person in court. Learned counsel appearing for respondents No.3, 10 and 12 submitted that in fact Navjot Kaur, who had earlier filed a petition seeking protection along with Narinder Singh had withdrawn her consent, as noticed in the order passed by this court on May 27, 2011 in Crl. Misc. No.M-14447 of 2011. She further submitted that she is residing happily with her parents. At this stage, learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that he may be permitted to withdraw the present petition with liberty to avail any other alternative remedy in accordance with law. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for.” 4. At this stage, this petition has been filed to seek protection. The conduct of the parties has not been fair and square. While case was purportedly set up in Criminal Miscellaneous No.M-14447 of 2011 that Navjot Kaur got married to Narinder Singh of her own accord, Navjot Kaur however, withdrew from the main petition saying that a sum of ` 6,000/- was paid to a person to get marriage certificate. Her signatures were taken on blank papers. Criminal Writ Petition No.1249 of 2011 was also dismissed as withdrawn in view of statement of learned counsel for the petitioner, Navjot Kaur having appeared in Court. Crl. Misc. No. M-17830 of 2011 [4] 5. No ground for interference, in the facts and circumstances of the case, is made out. 6. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) August 29, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?