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CRWP/12337/2022 of REENA AND ANOTHER Vs THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS on 30 December 2022
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRWP-12337-2022 Date of decision : 30.12.2022 Reena and another .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH BHARDWAJ *** Present :- Mr. Lakhwinder S. Lakhanpal, Advocate for the petitioners.
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128IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA.AT CHANDIGARH
CRWP-12337-2022Date of decision : 30.12.2022
Reena and another
Petitioners
Versus
State of Punjab and others
wee REeSpondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICERAJESH BHARDWAJ222
Present :-Mr. Lakhwinder S. Lakhanpal, Advocate,for the petitioners.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 to 6.
Learned counsel for the petitioners states that both thepetitioners are major and have married against the wishes of respondentsno.4 to 6 and have sought protection to their life and liberty. Theyapprehend danger from respondents no.4 to 6. Their marriage certificateevidencing their marriage is on record as Annexure P-3. The petitionershave submitted a representation dated 26.12.2022 (Annexure P-4) torespondent 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 evidentiary value of the documents placed on the file, I dispose of the petition with adirection to respondent no.2-Commissioner of Police, Jalandhar, District CRWP-12337-2022
Jalandhar to decide the representation (Annexure P-4) of the petitionersand grant them protection, if any threat to their life and liberty isperceived. 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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30.12.2022m. sharma
( RAJESH BHARDWAJ )JUDGE
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