In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-36213 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:9.12.2010 Arpita Kumari and another .....Petitioners v. Union Territory, Chandigarh and others .....Respondents .... Present: Ms. Neha Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioners are originally residents of Bihar. Petitioner No.2, who is working in Chandigarh went on leave on 23.11.2010 to his village in Bihar. Petitioner No.1 expressed her desire for marriage with petitioner No.2 with her parents (respondents No.4 and 5) but the same was, however, not acceded to by them. Therefore, she (petitioner No.1) decided to leave her parental house and come with petitioner No.2 to Chandigarh. The petitioners on their own solemnized their marriage amongst themselves at Arya Samaj Mandir, Sector 22-A, Chandigarh on 6.12.2010. The certificate of Marriage (Annexure-P.3) issued by Arya Samaj Mandir, Sector 22-A,Chandigarh and the photographs (Annexure-P.4) taken at the time of marriage have been placed on record. On account of the marriage that has has been solemnized, the petitioners apprehend threat to their life and liberty from the parents (respondents No.4 and 5) and the brother (respondent No.6) of petitioner No.1. Therefore, the present petition has Cr. Misc. No.M-36213 of 2010 [2] been filed for directing respondents No.1 to 3 not to harass and humiliate the petitioners and to give them protection from the illegal harassment and humiliation from respondents No.4 and 5, who are the parents of petitioner No.1. It is submitted that both the petitioners are major. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 as per the Bihar School Examination Board certificate (Annexure-P.1) is 25.1.1990. The date of birth of petitioner No.2 is 25.12.1987. The petitioner No.2 is working with the Indo-Tibetan Border Police and an identity card (Annexure-P.2) issued by the ITBP has been placed on record. 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. It is also stated that she is happy with her marriage. Besides, both the petitioners have stated that they were not earlier married. The averments made in the petition are supported by an affidavit of the petitioner No.1. In the 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. December 9, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*