IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-4523 of 2010 Date of Decision: February 16, 2010 Poonam & Poonam Bala & Another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Pardeep Rajput, Advocate, for the petitioners. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) The petitioners have approached this Court with the plea that they got married. Respondent Nos.4 and 5, who have not accepted the marriage, are now threatening the life and liberty of the petitioners. This petition is disposed of with direction to the Station House Officer, Police Station, Islamabad, District Amritsar that in case any application is filed by the petitioners in regard to threat to their life, the said officer shall ensure that respondent Nos.4 and 5 do not take law into their own hands. It is, however, made clear that in case any complaint/ criminal case has been lodged/ registered, this order shall not be construed as a protection to an offender and the investigating agency shall be at liberty to proceed with the investigation. (AJAI LAMBA) Crl. Misc. No. M- of 2008 [2] February 16, 2010 JUDGE avin