IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Crl. Misc. No. M-104 of 2009 Date of decision: January 7, 2009 Gurmeet Kaur and another ….. Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and Others …. Respondents Present: Mr. Sanjiv Pandey, Advocate for the petitioners. *** S.S. SARON, J. This petition under Section 482 of the Code Criminal Procedure (“CrPC” – for short) has been filed for issuance of directions to respondents No.2 and 3 to ensure security of the petitioners as they are being threatened by respondents No.4 and 5 who are the father and brother of petitioner No.1 on account of the marriage that the petitioners have solemnized amongst themselves on 27.12.2008. Both the petitioners are present in Court and it is submitted by Gurmeet Kaur (petitioner No.1) that she has solemnized her marriage with Pritpal Singh (petitioner No.2) of her own free will and desire. It is stated that her (petitioner No.1) date of birth is 2.5.1985. Learned counsel for the petitioners has referred to the Certificate (Annexure P3) to contend that the date of birth of Gurmeet Kaur (petitioner No.1) is 02.5.1985. It is submitted that in view of the marriage that has been solemnized by the petitioners amongst themselves on 27.12.2008, they are being harassed by respondents No.4 and 5. Therefore, their life and liberty is liable to be protected. In this regard, the petitioners have also submitted a representation dated 2.1.2009 (Annexure P5) to the Senior Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana (Rural), Jagraon (respondent No.2). Crl. Misc. No. M-104 of 2009 [2] After giving my thoughtful consideration to the contentions of the learned counsel for the petitioners and perusing the record, it may be noticed that both the petitioners have solemnized their marriage on 27.12.2008. Photographs (Annexure P1) showing the solemnization of marriage have been placed on record. The petitioners are also present in Court and they apprehend that they are likely to be harassed by the father (respondent No.4) and brother (respondent No.5) of petitioner No.1 on account of marriage that they have solemnized. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, the 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 would be looked into by them independently and in accordance with law. (S.S. SARON) JUDGE January 07, 2009 amit