In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-11193 of 2009 ..... Date of decision:24.4.2009 Hardeep Kaur and another .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. N.S. Dadwal, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioners are major and had known to each other for the last four years. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 as per her Matriculation standard examination certificate (Annexure-P.1) is 3.8.1985 and that of petitioner No.2 as per his Matriculation standard examination certificate (Annexure-P.2) is 14.1.1987. The petitioners belong to different castes, however, since they liked to each other, they have solemnized their marriage amongst themselves on 18.4.2009 at Gurdwara Sahib Baba Ajit Singh Ji, Mohalla Ajit Nagar, Ludhiana as per Sikh rites. The certificate (Annexure-P.3) issued by the said Gurdwara and the photographs (Annexures-P.4) regarding solemnization of the marriage have been placed on record. The marriage that has been solemnized, it is submitted, is not to the liking of respondents No.4 and 5, who are the father and uncle (father's elder brother) of petitioner No.1. Therefore, the petitioners apprehend threat to their life and liberty. The petitioners have also submitted an application dated 19.4.2009 (Annexure-P.5) to the Senior Superintendent of Cr. Misc. No.M-11193 of 2009 [2] Police, Ludhiana (respondent No.2) for issuing necessary instructions to the Police authorities not to take any action on the complaint, if any, submitted by the relatives of petitioner No.1 and also to provide the petitioners protection by providing them security. Despite the said application threat to the petitioners persists. Therefore, they have approached this Court. 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. Besides, she is happy with her marriage. In the afore-noticed facts and 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. April 24, 2009. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*