CRM-M/44539/2014 of PRACHI AND ANR Vs STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS on 31 December 2014

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

Prachi and another

CRM-M-44539-2014Date of Decision: December 31, 2014

Versus

_.. Petitioners

State of Haryana and others

CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURMIT RAMPresent:Mr. Rakesh Dhiman, Advocate,for the petitioners.KKK K

GURMIT RAM, J. (Oral)

.....Respondents

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 and 5.

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 Board of High School and Intermediate Education High SchoolExamination, 2013 (Annexure P-1) wherein her date of birth is mentioned as19.12.1996, whereas petitioner No.2 has also placed on record a copy of driving licence(Annexure P-2) depicting his date of birth as 21.01.1989. They have also moved arepresentation before the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Gurgaon (Annexure P-6) 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 Deputy Commissioner of Police,Gurgaon 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