IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Writ Petition No. 611 of 2008 Shabbir Husain S/o Istiayak Hussain and another. …… Petitioners Versus State and three others ….. Respondents. Sri H.S. Dhillon, learned counsel for the petitioners. Sri Amit Bhatt, learned A.G.A. for the State-respondent Nos. 1 to 3. Date 16th September 2008 Coram: Hon’ble Prafulla C.Pant, J. Hon’ble B.S.Verma, J. {Prafulla C. Pant, J. (Oral)} 1. Sri H.S.Dhillon, Advocate is present for the petitioners and Sri Amit Bhatt, learned A.G.A. for the respondent Nos. 1 to 3. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 3. By means of this writ petition, the petitioners have sought a writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to provide protection to the petitioners from respondent No.4. 4. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioners are major and got married to each other against the wishes of their parents. The respondent No.4 is the father of petitioner No.2. 5. The counter affidavit is filed on behalf of the respondents. Annexure No.1 to the said counter affidavit shows that the respondent No.4, Najabul Hasan Khan, the father of the petitioner No.2 has admitted that his daughter got married to the petitioner No.1 on her own violation. He has further stated that 2 now he has no objection to the marriage and he has not threatened anyone to kill. 6. In the above circumstances, this writ petition has become infructuous. 7. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. (B.S.Verma, J.) (Prafulla C. Pant, J.) 16-09-2008 RCP 3 4