Criminal Writ Petition No. 600 of 2010 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Criminal Writ Petition No. 600 of 2010 Date of Decision: 7.4.2010 Sukhdev Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Ms. Gurpal Kaur Dulat, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Mehardeep Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 6. None for respondent No.7. Mr. Anil Ghangas, Advocate for respondents No.8 to 11 (present in person). Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) A grievance of the petitioner is that his daughter Charanjit Kaur is in the illegal custody of respondents No.7 to 11. Respondents No.8 to 11, who are present in the Court, have stated that Charanjit Kaur had eloped with Jaswant Singh and they have performed marriage. The photographs of their marriage have been produced by Sanjiv Kapoor, Sub Inspector. He has also produced Middle Examination Certificate of Charanjit Kaur, in original, wherein her date of birth is recorded as 20.10.1991, which shows that she is major. Furthermore, Charanjit Kaur and her husband Jaswant Singh Criminal Writ Petition No. 600 of 2010 2 have filed Criminal Misc. No. M-10204 of 2010 in this Court for seeking protection from the petitioner. The said petition was disposed of on 6.4.2010. Therefore, it cannot be said that Charanjit Kaur, daughter of the petitioner, is in unlawful detention of respondents No.7 to 11. Hence, the present petition is devoid of any merit and the same is dismissed. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge April 7, 2010 “DK”