Crl. Misc. Petition No.M-34032 of 2009 (O&M) .... Kiran Kumari Gill and another. Versus State of Punjab and others. .... Present: Shri Parveen Gaur, Advocate for the petitioners. .... The petitioners have invoked the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,1973 seeking a direction to respondent nos. 2 & 3 not to harass or interfere in their peaceful married life at the instance of respondent nos. 4 to 7 and not to intrude into their privacy. They have further sought a direction to respondent nos. 2 and 3 to provide protection to their life and liberty which is alleged to be in danger at the hands of respondent nos. 4 to 7 as they have entered into matrimony against the parental consent. Learned counsel for the petitioners has contended that both the petitioners are major. Even though this Court is disinclined to entertain and to go into the allegations as made in the petition, but, at the same time, it cannot be oblivious to the fact that because of social friction and sectarian differences, such incidents are not entirely unheard of and prima facie also, the case appears to be covered by the observations of the Supreme Court in Fiaz Ahmed Ahanger & Ors. Versus State of J. & K., 2009(3) R.A.J. 692, which are extracted hereunder:- “In such cases of inte-rcaste or inter-religion marriage, the Court has only to be satisfied about two things: (1)that the girl is above 18 years of age, in which case, the law regards her as a major vide Section 3 of the Indian Majority Act,1875. A major is deemed by the law to know what is in his or her welfare. Crl. Misc. Petition No.M-34032 of 2009 (O&M) .... -2- (2) The wish of the girl. In the circumstances, we direct that nobody will harass, threaten or commit any acts of violence or other unlawful act on the petitioner, Chanchali Devi/ Mehvesh Anjum and the petitioner's family members and they shall not be arrested till further orders in connection with the case in question. If they feel insecure, they can apply to the police and,in such event, the police shall grant protection to them.” In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Amritsar (respondent no.2) to look into the allegations as contained therein personally and take necessary steps in accordance with law if the situation so warrants. This order shall not be construed to be conferring the legitimacy or authenticity to the factum of marriage having been performed by the petitioners as the Court is clearly deprived of any means to determine the aforesaid facts. A copy of the present petition along with a copy of this order be sent to respondent no.2 for necessary action. December 01,2009 ( Mahesh Grover ) “SCM” Judge