IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14880 of 2008 Date of decision : 25th August, 2008 Harbhajan Kaur and another … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. B.S. Bhalla, Advocate for the petitioners. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. Present writ petition has been preferred by Harbhajan Kaur and Tasminder Singh against the State of Punjab through Home Secretary; Director General of Police Punjab; Narinder Pal Singh DIG Police Range, Jalandhar and Kulwinder Kaur. A perusal of FIR No. 57 dated 17.05.2008 reveal that respondent No.4 was married with Baljit Singh according to sikh rites on 30.06.2001 at Gurudwara Model Town, Jalandhar. Baljit Singh is son of petitioner No.2 – Tasminder Singh. Petitioner No.1 – Harbhajan Kaur is mother of Tashminder Singh. Complainant, in the FIR, has leveled the allegations, on the basis of which, a case under Sections 498-A, 406, 500, 506, 120-B IPC was registered against the petitioner. It is a matrimonial dispute. Tashminder Singh – petitioner No.2 has been granted pre-arrest CWP 14880 of 2008 bail by this Court on 18th January, 2008, whereas Harbhajan Kaur – petitioner No.-1 has been granted pre-arrest bail on July 23, 2008. A grievance has been made in the present writ petition that DIG, Jalandhar Range – respondent No.3 is harassing petitioners at the instance of aggrieved wife – respondent No.4. Therefore, a writ of mandamus has been sought that DGP, Punjab – respondent No.2 be directed to safeguard life and liberty of the petitioners and their family members. A further direction has been sought that respondent No.2 and 3 be directed not to send any police officials to the house of the petitioners. In a matrimonial dispute, where wife is well within her rights to lodge the FIR, petitioners who have been granted pre-arrest bail, are unnecessarily expressing apprehension, for which there is no basis. We find that the apprehension that there is a threat to the life and liberty of the petitioners at the instance of aggrieved wife, is not well founded. Petitioners have failed to substantiate their allegations that they are being harassed by the police. Accordingly, we find no merit in the present writ petition, and the same is dismissed. [HEMANT GUPTA] JUDGE [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE August 25, 2008. rps 2