MANDEEP KAUR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) CRM No. 2739 of 2012 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Criminal miscellaneous application stands disposed of. Criminal Misc M- No.1356 of 2012

(2.) THE petitioners seek protection to their life and liberty. THEy have filed the instant petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short 'Cr.P.C.') alleging that they being of marriageable age, got married with each other. THE petitioners claim that their marriage is legal. THE private respondents are not accepting the marriage of the petitioners alleging it to be against the social norms. THE petitioners tried to persuade their parents and relatives but remained unsuccessful in their endeavour. THE private respondents, it is alleged, are hell-bent to separate the petitioners from each other by resorting to illegal means. Thus, it has been pleaded that the petitioners are apprehending imminent danger to their life and liberty from the private respondents. Having been left with no other option, it has become the compulsive necessity for the petitioners to approach this Court.

(3.) THE issue involved in the present case is a short one, that is to say, seeking only the protection to the life and liberty of the petitioners. This issue, in fact, is no more res-integra. THE law, in this regard, has been laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, in a catena of judgments including in the cases of A.K.Gopalan versus State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27, Kartar Singh versus State of Punjab (1994) 3 SCC 569 and Lata Singh versus State of UP & anr. 2006 (3) RCR (Criminal) 870, which has been followed by this Court in the case of Pardeep Kumar Singh versus State of Haryana 2008 (3) RCR (Criminal) 376. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and with his able assistance, have gone through the record of the case.