IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 247 of 2010 Simran@ Shabnam and another …..Petitioners Vs State of Uttarakhand and others …..Respondents Hon’ble B.C. Kandpal, J. Hon’ble Nirmal Yadav, J. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioners have sought the relief for issuing a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding respondents no. 1 and 2 to provide protection for their safety and security. Heard Sri K.K. Tiwari, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri Nandan Arya, learned A.G.A. for respondents no. 1 & 2 and perused the record. It reveals from the petition that petitioners no. 1 and 2 belong to different religion as petitioner no. 1 is Muslim and petitioner no. 2 belongs to Hindu family, therefore, family of petitioner no. 1 is not prepared for the marriage of the petitioners inspite of strong persuasion by petitioner no. 1 Respondent no. 3 being annoyed with the petitioners is putting all sorts of hurdle to live a normal life for them. It is further averred that the petitioners got married as per Hindu rites and ceremonies at Arya Samaj Mandir, Rampur, U.P. on 30th March, 2010. Marriage Certificate issued by Arya Samaj Mandir, Rampur, has been annexed along with the writ petition. The petitioners have thus filed this writ petition for providing adequate security to them. Having considered the submission raised by learned counsel for the petitioners, we are of the view that it is not a case in which a writ of mandamus can be issued at this stage. However, we direct that the petitioners may approach Senior Superintendent of police, Dehradun, who after assessing the entire situation at the spot shall take necessary steps in order ot provide the protection to the petitioners. With the aforesaid observation, the writ petition is finally disposed of. (Nirmal Yadav, J) (B.C. Kandpal, J.) SP 08-04-2010