Crl. Misc. No. 9232 of 2010 (O&M) (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. 9232 of 2010 (O&M) DATE OF DECISION: 21.04.2010 Inderjit Kaur ..........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & Ors. ..........Respondents BEFORE:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY Present:- Mr. Gurcharan Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. **** DAYA CHAUDHARY, J. The present petition has been filed on behalf of Inderjit Kaur for issuing directions to respondents No.1 to 3 to protect her life and liberty at the hands of respondents No.4 to 6. As per case of the petitioner, her parents are interested in marrying her with an old person of 50 years, whereas, she is not interested in that marriage and wants to study in abroad. On the last date of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner sought time to place on record an additional affidavit of the petitioner to support her claim that she will bear the expenses of foreign visit by making arrangement with the help of some near relations. An affidavit in this regard has been filed by the petitioner stating therein that one Labh Singh S/o Bant Singh, resident of Village Duggal Kalan, Tehsil Patran, District Patiala, a close friend of her father, who is having 30 acres of land, is ready to help her. Crl. Misc. No. 9232 of 2010 (O&M) (2) On the last date of hearing, counsel for the respondent-State was also directed to get instructions in this matter. In pursuance to that, a short reply by way of an affidavit of D.S.P., Patran has been filed on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 and the same is taken on record. In the reply, it has specifically been mentioned that statement of the father of the petitioner was recorded, who has specifically stated that he is not against her daughter and he never pressurized her to perform marriage with anybody. Darshan Singh-father of the petitioner is also present in Court, who has specifically stated that petitioner is free to marry anybody as per her own will and there is no threat to her life and liberty. He also stated that he does not know Labh Singh as mentioned by the petitioner in her affidavit. In view of the reply filed by the respondent-State as well as the statement made by Darshan Singh, the father of the petitioner in Court, nothing remains in this petition and the same is dismissed as having become infructuous. April 21, 2010 (DAYA CHAUDHARY) pooja JUDGE Note:-Whether this case is to be referred to the Reporter .......Yes/No