IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRM No. M-39436 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision: 28.12.2011 Priyanka and Another ..Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and Others ..Respondents CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA Present: Mr. Sandeep Gahlawat, Advocate for the petitioners. **** TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA, J.(ORAL) This is the second petition filed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking protections of the life and personal liberty. They allegedly apprehend harassment at the hands of respondent Nos. 5 to 9, who have been the parents, uncle and aunt of the petitioner No. 1. Earlier CRM No. 34952 of 2011 was filed which was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 14.12.2011 in terms of the prayer made by the counsel appearing for the petitioners. The order dated 14.12.2011 causing the following terms. “This marriage was statedly performed on 14.11.2011. The certificate of marriage was issued on 17.11.2011. It was viewed that this has been purposely done as on 15.11.2011, the Priest was restrained from performing marriages. Couple was also not present. The case was adjourned as the notice has already been issued to the priest, who has performed this marriage. As already noticed in another cases, this Priest has run away from this place, but the Management has appeared and has filed an affidavit to say that they will not perform any marriage at this place in future. In the meantime, counsel has put in appearance for respondent Nos. 4 and 5, who are the parents of the girl. Counsel for private CRM No. M-39436 of 2011 (O&M) -2- respondents submits that this is the second marriage of petitioner No. 2. He is already married and accordingly, the present marriage, which he has performed with petitioner No. 1, would be void marriage. The prayer, accordingly, is that no direction as sought would be called for in this case. Counsel for the petitioners, at this stage, submits that he has no instructions and the couple is also not present and is also not in touch with him. He seeks permission to withdraw the present petition. Dismissed as withdrawn as prayed for.” Today the couple as petitioner No. 1 and 2 are present in the Court. On a specific query raised to petitioner No. 2 Simranjeet Singh S/o Sh. Manmohan Singh, who has stated in open Court that he was previously married with Paramjit Kaur, D/o Sh. Gyan Chand. Petitioner No. 2 has admitted before the Court that the earlier marriage subsists today in as much as there is no order passed by the Competent Court dissolving the earlier marriage. Faced with such siltuation counsel for the petitioners seeks permission to withdrawn the present petition. Dismissed as withdrawn as prayed for. December 28, 2011 (TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA) Poonam (II) JUDGE