Criminal Misc. No. 2951-M OF 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Criminal Misc. No. 2951-M OF 2011 Date of decision:31st January, 2011 Koshlinder Kaur and another .......Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ........Respondents BEFORE: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present: Mr. Harinder Pal Singh Ishar, Advocate,, for the petitioners. 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? Yes/No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?Yes/No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes/No Nirmaljit Kaur, J.(Oral) This is a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. for issuance of directions to respondent Nos. 1 to 3 to protect the lives and liberty of the petitioners and also directing respondent Nos. 4 to 19 not to interfere in the personal lives of the petitioners. The petitioners along with their counsel are present in the Court. Notice of motion. At this stage Mr. Mansur Ali, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No. 5 and states that petitioner No. 2 is only 20 years and thus, not major and cannot get married. Be that as it may, Criminal Misc. No. 2951-M OF 2011 2 the respondents cannot take law into their own hands and cause any physical harm to the petitioners. Mother of petitioner No. 1 is present in the Court and shows her desire to meet petitioner No. 1. Her request was accepted and respondent No. 5 was allowed to meet petitioner No. 1 in the Chamber. Learned counsel for respondent No.5 on instructions, states that respondent No. 5 shall not harm the present petitioners. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with direction to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Sangrur to look into the same and ensure that the petitioners shall not be physically hurt in any way. However, the said order will not be read as any observation on the validity of the marriage or otherwise. The same shall also not come in the way of any other lawful criminal or civil proceedings initiated or pending between the parties. [NIRMALJIT KAUR] JUDGE 31st January, 2011 Shivani Kaushik