IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Criminal Miscellaneous No. M-1843 of 2008 Date of Decision: March 29, 2010 Mahant Dayal Dass .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. S.S. Rana, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Rajni Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 to 6. None for respondent Nos.7 to 13. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Mahant Dayal Dass through power of attorney, Mahant Tarsem Dass has filed this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. praying for issuance of directions to respondent Nos.1 to 6 to provide adequate security to protect life and liberty of the said person and his family members. Gist of the matter is that the Crl. Misc. No. M-1843 of 2008 [2] petitioner faces a lot of litigation. Allegation is that respondent Nos.7 to 13 are influential persons. Although law requires action to be taken against the said respondents, however, no action has been taken by official respondent Nos.1 to 6. Learned counsel for the respondent- State has pointed out that it is a proxy petition filed by Mahant Tarsem Dass, power of attorney holder. There are as many as 7 cases registered against Mahant Tarsem Dass. Rather, Tarsem Dass has been declared a bad character of Police Station, Mehna. In regard to Mahant Dayal Dass, it has been contended that one case is pending against him. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that let the petition be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to approach the authorities. Dismissed as withdrawn. The perception of threat is required to be seen by the police. If an application is filed praying for protection, the authorities would be required to consider the perception of threat to the petitioner and take appropriate decision. (AJAI LAMBA) March 29, 2010 JUDGE avin