IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No.350 of 2010 Smt. Babita Pal and another ……Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others .…Respondents Sri Manish Arora, learned counsel for the petitioners Sri S.S. Adhikari, learned A.G.A. for the State/respondent nos. 1 & 2. Dated 13th May, 2010 Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. Hon’ble Nirmal Yadav, J. By way of this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have prayed for issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent Nos. 1 & 2 to provide necessary and adequate protection in order to secure the life and liberty of the petitioners. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioners are major and they solemnized the marriage on 23.04.2010 as per the Hindu Rites and Rituals at Haridwar. The copy of marriage certificate issued by Registrar, Hindu Marriage, Roorkee Haridwar has been annexed as annexure No.1 to the writ petition. Respondent no.3, who is the father of petitioner no.1, has become annoyed with the marriage of the petitioners. Hence, he started extending threats to the petitioners for dire consequences. The respondent no.3 also in connivance with the respondent nos. 1 & 2, made the life of the petitioners miserable. Hence, this writ petition. 2 Heard Sri Manish Arora, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri S.S. Adhikari, learned A.G.A. for the State/respondent nos. 1 & 2 and perused the material available before us. Having considered the submissions 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 & 2 for providing the adequate security for the life and liberty of the petitioners. However, we direct that in case petitioners move the representation before the respondent no.1 i.e. S.S.P., Haridwar for providing the adequate security from respondent no.3, the S.S.P. Haridwar after assessing the entire situation at the spot, shall do the needful in the matter. With the aforesaid observation, the petition is disposed of finally. (Nirmal Yadav, J.) (B.C. Kandpal, J.) JKJ 13.05.2010 3