CRM-M/44484/2015 of PRIYA RANI AND ANR Vs STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS on 31 December 2015

CRM-M-44484-2015Date of Decision: December 31, 2015

PRIYA RANI & ANR.

Versus

STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS

CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURMIT RAM

Present:Mr. Siddharth Gupta, Advocate,for the petitioners.

Petitioners

.....Respondents

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 lives 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 AADHAR card (Annexure P-1) wherein the year of her birth ismentioned as 1997, whereas petitioner No.2 has placed on record a copy of drivinglicence (Annexure P-2) wherein his date of birth is mentioned as 9.6.1992. They havealso moved a representation (Annexure P-4) before respondent No.2 for protection oftheir lives and liberty.

Without adverting to the merits of the controversy, the present petition isdisposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to take appropriate action on the saidrepresentation, This order has nothing to do with regard to validity or invalidity of themarriage of the petitioners.

December 31, 2015

Brij

| GURMIT RAM |JUDGE