DEEPIKA Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Application is allowed as prayed for.

(2.) The petitioners, who are present in Court, claim to be major on the basis of documents annexed with the petition and they got married contrary to the wishes of their parents and are apprehending threats to their lives and liberty.

(3.) Even though this Court is disinclined to entertain and to go into such allegations, but at the same time it cannot be oblivious to the fact that because of social friction and sectarian differences such incidents are not entirely unheard of and prima facie the case also appears to be covered by the observations of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in F iaz Ahmed Ahanger and others Vs. State o f J & K 2009 (3) R.A.J. 692, which are as under: