Punjab and Haryana High Court
CRWP/12320/2022 of HARPREET SINGH AND ANR Vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS on 30 December 2022
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-12320-2022 Date of decision : 30.12.2022 Harpreet Singh and another .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ *** Present :- Mr. Ravinder Pankaj, Advocate for Ms. Sukhveer
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127IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA.AT CHANDIGARH
CRWP-12320-2022Date of decision : 30.12.2022
Harpreet Singh and another
..Petitioners
Versus
State of Punjab and others
wee REeSpondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICERAJESH BHARDWAJ111
Present :-Mr. Ravinder Pankaj, Advocate for Ms. Sukhveer Kaur, Advocate for the petitioners.
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RAJESH BHARDWAJ_ J. (Oral)
Present petition has been filed under Article 226 of theConstitution of India for directing respondents no.1 to 3 to protect the lifeand liberty of the petitioners from the hands of respondents no.4 and 5 asthe marriage of the petitioners is inter-caste marriage.
Learned counsel for the petitioners states that both the petitionersare major and have married against the wishes of respondents no.4 and 5and have sought protection to their life and liberty. They apprehenddanger from respondents no.4 and 5. Their photographs and marriagecertificate evidencing their marriage are on record as Annexures P-3 andP-4 respectively. The petitioners have submitted a representation dated23.11.2022 (Annexure P-5) to respondent no.2..
Notice of motion to respondents no.1 to 3-State only.
On the asking of the Court, Mr. Vishnav Gandhi, DAG,Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the State.
Without entering upon an exercise to evaluate the evidentiaryvalue of the documents placed on the file, I dispose of the petition with a CRWP-12320-2022
direction to respondent no.2-Senior Superintendent of Police, PoliceDistrict Hoshiarpur to decide the representation (Annexure P-5) of thepetitioners and grant them protection, if any threat to their life and libertyis perceived. It is clarified that this order shall not be taken to grantimmunity to the petitioners from legal action for violation of law, if any,committed by them. This order would not be understood having expressedany opinion whatsoever by this Court on the validity of the marriage ofthe petitioners.
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