IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl.Misc.No.M-25126 of 2011 (O&M) Date of decision : 19.8.2011 Sakshi and another ....Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MAHESH GROVER .... Present : Mr.Tejinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.Raman Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.4. Mr.Madan Pal, Advocate for the father of petitioner No.2. ..... MAHESH GROVER, J. Crl.Misc.No.44399 of 2011 is allowed. This is a petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure praying for directions to respondents No.1 to 3 to protect their life and liberty which is alleged to be in danger at the hands of respondents No.4 and 5 on account of their having got married against their parental consent. Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that both the petitioners are major. The parents of the petitioners through their respective Crl.Misc.No.M-25126 of 2011 (O&M) -2- counsel have represented to the Court that both the petitioners are minor and, therefore, they could not have got married. They have stated that both the petitioners are minor. Learned counsel for the petitioners prays for permission to withdraw the instant petition. The petitioners are not present in Court. In view of the aforesaid, the petition is dismissed as withdrawn. However, it is to be stated that even if the order has to be passed in the case, the normal refrain of the Court is that it never lends legitimacy to either the age or the factum of marriage in such like cases. That being the situation when the petitioners are not present in Court and the learned counsel for the petitioners prays for permission to withdraw the present petition, the same is granted. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the parties to take any appropriate remedy that may be available to them. 19.8.2011 (MAHESH GROVER) JUDGE dss