IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No.M-38340 of 2010 Date of decision: 24.12.2010 Jagjit Kaur and another .. Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others. .. Respondents Present:- Mr.Beant Singh, , Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * * S.S. SARON, J. The petitioners had known each other for the last five years. They had a liking for each other and wanted to solemnize their marriage amongst themselves. However, respondents No.4 to 6, who are the parents and uncle respectively of petitioner No.1 on being asked, refused to accede to the demand of petitioenrs and threatened them to eliminate them. The petitioner No.1 then ran away from her house and the petitioners solemnized their marriage amongst themselves on 23.12.2010. The marriage was solemnized as per Hindu rites at Prachin Shiv Mandir, Sector 40-B, Chandigarh. A certificate of marriage (Annexure P-3) issued by the President, Prachin Shiv Mandir, Sector 40-B, Chandigarh and photographs (Annexure P-4) of the marriage ceremony have been placed on record. The petitioners disclosed the fact of their marriage to the parents (respondents No.4 and 5) of petitioner No.1 on telephone and they openly threatened that as soon as they caught hold of the petitioners, they would eliminate them and would not allow them to live together. This prompted the petitioners to submit an application dated 22.12.2010 (Annexure P-5) to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Hoshiarpur (respondent No.2) and to SHO, Police Station Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur (respondent No.3) seeking appropriate action against the respondents No.4 and 6 and to protect the lives and liberty of the petitioners from respondents No.4 to 6. Despite the said application, threat to them persists. Therefore, they have filed the present petition. It is submitted that both the petitioners are major. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 as per her Vth Standard Examination Certificate (Annexure P-1) issued by the Education Department, Punjab (S.C.E.R.T.) is 10.09.1987 and the age of petitioner No.2 as per Certificate for Persons with disability (Annexure P-2) issued on 15.03.2-008 is 23 years. The averments made in the petition are supported by affidavit of Jagjit Kaur (petitioner No.1). Both the petitioners are present in Court and are identified by their counsel. It is stated by the petitioners that they have solemnized their marriage with each other of their own free will and desire and without any kind of pressure or undue influence. It is also stated by the petitioners that they were not earlier married. Besides, they are happy with their marriage. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the 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 would be looked into and considered by them independently and in accordance with law. December 24, 2010 (S.S. SARON) sukhpreet JUDGE