Crl. Misc. No. M – 18877 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -.- Crl. Misc. No. M – 18877 of 2009 Date of decision:- 23.2.2010 Seema Kumari @ Simmi ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & Ors. ... Respondent CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present:- Mr. V.K.Sandhir, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. A.S.Brar, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for respondents No. 1 to 3. Mr. Anupam Bhardwaj, Advocate, for respondent No.4. Gurdev Singh, J (oral) Reply filed by respondent No.4 has been taken on record. Heard. The petitioner-Seema Kumari has come up with the present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, invoking the inherent jurisdiction of this Court for issuing directions to official respondents to provide adequate security to her life and liberty. The facts pleaded by the petitioner are that respondent No.4 has threatened to kill her and her family members, and that she moved an application before the S.S.P. Amritsar- respondent No.2 (Annexure P-6) in which she contended that she had moved a petition under the Hindu Marriage Act against the Deepak Kumar, who is her husband and that said respondent threatened to blow up her face with the help of acid, in case she did not withdraw that petition. The petitioner no where stated in that Crl. Misc. No. M – 18877 of 2009 -2- application that she was apprehending threat to her life at the hands of respondent No.4 and that the protection be provided for her life and liberty. In the first instance petitioner is to approach the S.S.P with that request. With the above observation, this petition is disposed of. February 23, 2010 (Gurdev Singh) tripti Judge