In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-7855 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:20.3.2009 Navdeep Kaur and another .....Petitioners v. State of Haryana and others .....Respondents .... Present: Ms. Saroj Bala, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. This petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. has been filed for directing respondents No.1 to 3 to protect the life and liberty of the petitioners and provide them adequate security. It is further prayed that appropriate directions be issued to respondents No.4 and 5, who are the parents of petitioner No.1 to refrain themselves from causing any injury, torture, harassment and humiliation to the petitioners and from committing any serious and heinous offence. Both the petitioners, it is stated, are major. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 as per All India Secondary School Education examination certificate (Annexure-P.1) is 13.2.1991 and that of petitioner No.2 as per Matriculation standard examination certificate (Annexure-P.2) is 1.3.1982. Both the petitioners, it is stated, had a liking for each other and, therefore, they have solemnized their marriage amongst themselves on 19.3.2009 at Maharshi Balmiki Mandir, Sector 24-C, Chandigarh according to Hindu rites and ceremonies. The photographs (Annexures-P.3) and the certificate Cr. Misc. No.M-7855/2009 [2] (Annexure-P.4) of the solemnization of the marriage ceremony have been placed on record. The parents (respondents No.4 and 5) of petitioner No.1 and her other relatives were totally opposed to this marriage. Therefore, the petitioners apprehend threat to their life and liberty. As such, the petitioner No.1 submitted a complaint dated 19.3.2009 (Annexure-P.5) to the SSP, Kurukshetra (respondent No.2). However, despite the said complaint the threat to the petitioners persists. Both the petitioners are present in Court and are identified by their counsel. It is stated by petitioner No.1 that she has solemnized her marriage with petitioner No.2 of her own free will and desire and without any kind of pressure or undue influence. Keeping in view the aforesaid facts and circumstances, the present criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents No.2 and 3 that in case the petitioners approach any of them setting out their grievances as have been made in the present petition the same shall be duly considered and looked into by them independently and in accordance with law. March 20, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*