CRM-M/44568/2014 of PUJA KUMARI AND ANOTHER Vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS on 31 December 2014

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

Puja Kumari and Anr.

CRM-M-44568-2014 (O&M)Date of Decision: December 31, 2014

Versus

_...Petitioners

State of Punjab and others

CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURMIT RAM

.... Respondents

Present:Mr. Dharamveer Phour, Advocate for the petitioners.

KK KK

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 7.

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.1 has placed onrecord a copy of her affidavit (Annexure P-1) wherein her date of birth is mentioned as15.10.1995, whereas petitioner No.2 has also placed on record a copy of his affidavit(Annexure P-2) depicting his date of birth as 22.12.1993. They have also moved arepresentation before the Sr. Superintendent of Police, Ludhiana (Annexure P-5) forprotection of their lives 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,Ludhiana, 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