Crl.M.No. M-19676/2010(O&M) 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Crl.M.No. M-19676/2010(O&M) Date of decision: 13.7.2010. Jeema Katal and another ....................Petitioners. v. State of Punjab and others .....................Respondents. Coram: Hon'ble Mr.Justice Jaswant Singh. Present:- MrJS Gharuan,Advocate for the petitioners Jaswant Singh,J.(Oral). Crl.M.No.34786 of 2010 seeking exemption to file certified copies of Annexures is allowed. Crl.M.No.M-19676/2010 Prayer in this petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C., is for seeking protection to life and liberty of both the petitioners, who are stated to be major and have performed inter caste marriage on 5.7.2010 against the wishes of parents/relatives and co-villagers (respondents no.4 to 10) of petitioner no.1-wife. Since the petitioner no2-husband is Scheduled Caste (Adharmi) and petitioner no.1-wife is Rajput by caste, and petitioners as well as respondents are residing in the same village i.e. Village Narangpur, Tehsil Mukerian, District, Hoshiarpur, they apprehend threat to their life at the hands of said respondents 4 to 10. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioners and Crl.M.No. M-19676/2010(O&M) 2 keeping in view the directions issued by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Lata Singh v. State of U.P. And another, JT 2006(6) SC 173, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to petitioners to present themselves before SSP, Hoshiarpur, who shall take appropriate action, if so warranted in accordance with law. Petition stands disposed of. 13.7.2010 (Jaswant Singh) joshi Judge