In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-9833 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:1.4.2010 Sandeep Kaur and another .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Premjit Singh Dhaliwal, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioners are a newly married couple. The present petition has been filed for directing respondents No.2 and 3 not to harass them at the behest of respondents No.4 to 8, whoa are the father, husband of sister of the petitioner No.1 and cousin brothers of petitioner No.1. The petitioners, it is stated, are major. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 is 25.4.1985. Petitioner No.1 has placed an extract of her passport (Annexure- P.1) in which her date of birth is 25.4.1985. The date of birth of petitioner No.2 is 28.8.1982. He has also placed on record an extract of his passport (Annexure-P.2) in which his date of birth is mentioned as 28.8.1982. The petitioners knew each other for the last five years and, therefore, decided to solemnize their marriage amongst themselves. A proposal in this regard was put up before the respective parents of the petitioners. The parents of petitioner No.2 were agreeable to the marriage. However, the parents of petitioner No.1 wanted that their daughter should marry a boy of their choice. The petitioners, it is submitted, belong to the same caste. The petitioners on their own quietly solemnized their marriage on 29.3.2010 as Cr. Misc. No.M-9833 of 2010 [2] per Sikh rites and ceremonies in the presence of the parents and relatives of petitioner No.2 at Gurdwara Sahib of Village Karamgarh, Tehsil Raikot, District Ludhiana. The certificate (Annexure-P.3) issued by the said Gurdwara Sahib of Village Karamgarh and photographs (Annexure-P.4) of the solemnization of the marriage have been placed on record. After the marriage, the petitioners informed the parents of petitioner No.1 who got furious. Now respondents No.4 to 8 are threatening the petitioners on telephone. The father (respondent No.4) of petitioner No.1 also threatened that he would kill both the petitioners and family members of petitioner No.2. The petitioners have also submitted an application dated 30.3.2010 (Annexure-P.5) to the SSP Jagraon (respondent No.2) for protecting their life and liberty from respondents No.4 to 8. However, despite the said application the threat persists. 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 1, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp*