In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... Criminal Misc. No.M-35445 of 2010 ..... Date of decision:2.12.2010 Gagandeep Kaur and another .....Petitioners v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Naveen Sharma, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... S.S. Saron, J. The petitioners on their own have solemnized their marriage amongst themselves on 29.11.2010. The marriage was solemnized according to Hindu rites and ceremonies at Maharishi Valmiki Mandir, Sector 24-C, Chandigarh under the auspices of the Arya Samaj & Vedic Welfare Society, Chandigarh. A copy of the marriage certificate (Annexure-P.3) and photographs (Annexure-P.4) taken at the time of marriage have been placed on record. After the marriage, the petitioner No.1 informed her parents (respondents No.4 and 5) and her elder brothers (respondents No.6 and 7) as also her brother-in-law (Jija) (respondent No.8) that she has performed her marriage with petitioner No.2 and seeks their blessings. However, respondents No.4 to 8, it is alleged, threatened petitioner No.1 of dire consequences. It is submitted that respondents No.4 to 8 have conspired with each other and are adopting illegal means to break the marriage of the petitioners as they want to marry petitioner No.1 elsewhere. The petitioners have married with each other voluntarily and Cr. Misc. No.M-35445 of 2010 [2] with their free will; besides, without any coercion, undue influence or fraud. The petitioners, it is submitted are major. The date of birth of petitioner No.1 as per her Middle standard examination certificate (Annexure-P.1) issued by the Punjab School Education Board is 22.2.1992 and that of petitioner No.2 as per his Middle standard examination certificate (Annexure-P.2) issued by the aforesaid Board is 5.4.1985. The averments made in the petition are supported by separate affidavits of both the petitioners. Both the petitioners are present in Court and are identified by their counsel. It is stated by petitioner No.1 that she has solemnized her marriage with petitioner No.2 of her own free will and desire and without any kind of pressure or undue influence. Besides, she is happy with her marriage. It is submitted by both the petitioners that they were not earlier married. In the afore-noticed facts and circumstances, the present criminal miscellaneous petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents No.2 and 3 that in case the petitioners approach any of them setting out their grievances as have been made in the present petition the same shall be duly considered and looked into by them independently and in accordance with law. December 2, 2010. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp* Cr. Misc. No.M-35445 of 2010 [3]