IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. M-33714 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: November 28, 2009 Achhra Rani and another … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE S.D. ANAND. Present : Mr. Amit Saini, Advocate, for the petitioners. S.D. Anand, J.(Oral) Crl. Misc. No. 60710 of 2009 Allowed, as prayed for. Crl. Misc. No. M-33714 of 2009 Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Arshvinder Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the State. The respondent Nos. 2 to 5 (Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana, Senior Superintendent of Police, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahre), S.H.O., Police Station, Division No.6, Dholewal Chowk, Ludhiana and S.H.O., Police Station, Rahon, Tehsil & District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahar), respectively) 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. A copy of the order be given to the learned State counsel under the signatures of Special Secretary. Disposed of accordingly. November 28, 2009 ( S.D. Anand ) vkd Judge