CRM-M/44547/2014 of HARPREET KAUR AND ANR Vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS on 31 December 2014

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

Harpreet Kaur and another

CRM-M-44547-2014Date of Decision: December 31, 2014

Versus

_.. Petitioners

State of Punjab and others

CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURMIT RAM

.....Respondents

Present:Mr. Gurshamsher Singh, Advocate,|

for the petitioners.

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GURMIT RAM, J. (Oral)

Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the Cr.P.C. is forissuance of a direction to the official respondents to protect the life and liberty of thepetitioners and not to harass them at the instance of respondent Nos.4 to 8.

The petitioners have got married against the wishes of their parents. Theyare stated to be major. In support of her proof of age petitioner No.! has placed onrecord a copy of her affidavit (Annexure P-!) wherein her date of birth is mentioned as06.08.1995, whereas petitioner No.2 has also placed on record a copy of AADHAARCard (Annexure P-2) depicting his year of birth as 1993. They have also moved arepresentation before the Senior Superintendent of Police, Patiala (Annexure P-4) forprotection of their life and liberty.

Without adverting to the merits of the controversy, the present petition isdisposed of with a direction to respondent No.2, the Senior Superintendent of Police,Patiala to take appropriate action on the said representation.

This order has nothing to do with regard to validity or invalidity of themarriage of the petitioners.

| GURMIT RAM JJUDGE